From f14bcba43e5d3fad3a4eafeca3d8df54c2ac01c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Otavio L." <220527245+otavio-l@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:46:45 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Fix confusing phrasing in chapter 5.6 --- explore-numerical.qmd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) 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.