Many families in California are using backyard structures for home offices, art studios, and hobby areas as well as for additional storage.

Many families in California are using backyard structures for home offices, art studios, and hobby areas as well as for additional storage. Suppose that the mean price for a customized wooden, shingled backyard structure is . Assume that the standard deviation is .

a. What is the -score for a backyard structure costing  (to 2 decimals)? If your answer is negative, enter minus (-) sign.

b. What is the -score for a backyard structure costing  (to 2 decimals)?

c. Interpret the -scores in parts (a) and (b). Comment on whether either should be considered an outlier.

 is  standard deviations - Select your answer -

below

above

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 the mean.

 is  standard deviations - Select your answer -

below

above

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 the mean.

- Select your answer -

The  z -score in part (a) is an outlier

The  z -score in part (b) is an outlier

Both are outliers

Neither is an outlier

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d. If the cost for a backyard shed-office combination built in Albany, California, is , should this structure be considered an outlier? Explain.

 is    (to 2 decimals) standard deviations  - Select your answer -

above

below

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 the mean. This cost  - Select your answer -

is

is not

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 an outlier.