Age of a mouse at time of death

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Four statistics students discuss the question, "Which of these variables could take a value that is so low as to be surprising: age of a mother at the time of delivery, or age of a mouse at time of death, or both, or neither?" Whose answer is best?

Adam: Any data set can have low outliers, so I'd say both. Brittany: You shouldn't be surprised by low outliers, they happen all the time. So I'd say neither.

Carlos: We saw an example of a mouse that died at an unusually old age. There must also be mice that die at an unusually young age, so I'd say age of a mouse at time of death could have a surprisingly low value.

Dominique: Mice die at birth all the time, so the lowest possible value is zero but it wouldn't surprise us at all. On the other hand, mothers are usually at least in their teens when they deliver, but I read that there are a few girls who develop early and give birth when they're still children themselves.

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