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11) Data set sexpart.xls is the sexual partner dataset mentioned in class.

 

a) Compare the standard deviation and IQR as measures of spread on the full data set.

 

b) Compare which points are flagged as outliers using the two methods discussed in class.

 

c) Remove the outliers flagged using the boxplot method. Recalculate the IQR and standard deviation of this smaller dataset. Are the values closer to each other now? 

 

 Data set is here below :

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150

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