Use the image to answer the question.
A scatterplot shows the number of hours studied versus test grade.
The horizontal axis shows the number of hours studied, ranging from 0 to 10 in increments of 1. The vertical axis shows the test grade, ranging from 0 to 100 in increments of 5, starting with a jump from 0 to 35. A kink is shown on the vertical axis close to origin. A dot is plotted at 0.5 on the horizontal axis and 45 on the vertical axis. A loosely packed cluster of data plots is plotted between 1 to 4.5 on the horizontal axis and 77 and 98 on the vertical axis.
A math teacher gave a math test. Interpret the scatterplot to determine which point is the outlier.
(1 point)
Responses
(2.5,87)
(4.5,97)
(1,78)
(0.5,45)
Based on the scatterplot, the outlier point would be the one that is significantly different from the general pattern of the data. In this case, the loosely packed cluster of data points falls between 1 and 4.5 on the horizontal axis and has test grades ranging from 77 to 98 on the vertical axis. Therefore, the outlier point would be the one that deviates from this pattern.
Looking at the given options, the only point that falls outside of this cluster is (0.5, 45). Therefore, (0.5, 45) would be the outlier point.