Removing One Observation

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Removing One Observation

If an observation $$a$$ is removed from $$n$$ observations having mean $$\bar{x}$$:

$$\bar{x}_{new}=\frac{n\bar{x}-a}{n-1}$$

Usage

- Used when one data value is deleted.

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