All students in a physical education class completed a basketball free-throw shooting event and the highest number of shots made was 32. The next day a student who had just transferred into the school completed the event, making 35 shots. Indicate whether adding the new student's score to the rest of the data made each of these summary statistics increase, decrease, or stay about the same.
a. mean
b. median c. range
d. IQR
e. standard deviation

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The Answer of All students in a physical education class completed a basketball free-throw shooting event and the highest number of shots made was 32. The next day a student who had just transferred into the school completed the event, making 35 shots. Indicate whether adding the new student's score to the rest of the data made each of these summary statistics increase, decrease, or stay about the same.
a. mean
b. median c. range
d. IQR
e. standard deviation

All Students in a Physical Education Class Completed a Basketball