diff --git a/explore-numerical.qmd b/explore-numerical.qmd index 4a4ddc50..4c22ac76 100644 --- a/explore-numerical.qmd +++ b/explore-numerical.qmd @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ Using the box plot in @fig-loan-int-rate-boxplot-dotplot-2, estimate the values ## Robust statistics -How are the **sample statistics** \index{sample statistic} of the `interest_rate` dataset affected by the observation, 26.3%? +How are the **sample statistics** \index{sample statistic} of the `interest_rate` dataset affected by the observation value of 26.3%? What would have happened if this loan had instead been only 15%? What would happen to these summary statistics \index{summary statistic} if the observation at 26.3% had been even larger, say 35%? The three conjectured scenarios are plotted alongside the original data in @fig-loan-int-rate-robust-ex, and sample statistics are computed under each scenario in @tbl-robustOrNotTable.