In a research report on salaries, if the mean value (average) reported was $145,000 and the median (midpoint of the range of values) was $35,000, what conclusion could you reach regarding the sample?

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The Answer is Answers should show knowledge of the median as midpoint and the mean value as average, and responses should also indicate that there must be outliers on the upper end of the scale. This is evidenced by the fact that the mean is higher than the median. Outliers are irrelevant for the median, so the $35,000 figure alone does not say anything about outliers. The $145,000 number by itself also does not say anything about outliers. However, once you compare the two values, you can quickly tell that there is a value in the distribution on the high end that is pulling the value of the mean well above the value of the median.

In a Research Report on Salaries, If the Mean Value