Journalists try to use shorter or simpler words in their news stories whenever possible. The box below shows the number of letters in each word taken from one sentence in a news article. What are the mean and median number of letters per word? What is the outlier? The mean number of letters per word =
(1). 4.5
(2). 5
(3). 11
(4). 60
The median number of letters per word =
(1). 3 and 6
(2). 4.5
(3). 5
(4). 8
The outlier =
(1). 1
(2). 1 and 11
(3). 11
(4). There is no outlier.