Emily claims that a tree height of 43 inches is an outlier for the distribution. Based on the 1.5x IQR rule for outliers, is there evidence to support the claim?

Given:

Emily claims that a tree height of 43 inches is an outlier for the distribution.

To find:

Evidence to support the claim if any.

Solution:

The starting and the end of the box in box plot are first and third quartile respectively.

From the given box plot it is clear that, and .

According to 1.5x IQR rule for outliers, all the data values lies outside the interval are outliers.

Now,

We know that, 43<44.

Since, 43 is not greater than , therefore, 43 is not an outlier and there is no evidence to support the claim.

Therefore, the correct option is D.