A team of scientists examining the effects of drought conditions on fish populations assembled the data shown. The data are collected from automated stations that monitor water levels in a stream. The scientists suspect that one of the automated stations may be malfunctioning. Based on the data shown, which monitoring station is most likely malfunctioning and reporting erroneous data?

Water Depth (cm) at Monitoring Stations June 10th-14th

Station ID June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13

Station A 44.5 45.3 46.4 47.0

Station B 43.5 44.0 45.2 46.5

Station C 42.7 43.4 44.5 45.2

Station D 33.2 31.3 30.7 32.4

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Nola Boone

Biology

31 October, 01:53

A team of scientists examining the effects of drought conditions on fish populations assembled the data shown. The data are collected from automated stations that monitor water levels in a stream. The scientists suspect that one of the automated stations may be malfunctioning. Based on the data shown, which monitoring station is most likely malfunctioning and reporting erroneous data?

Water Depth (cm) at Monitoring Stations June 10th-14th

Station ID June 10 June 11 June 12 June 13

Station A 44.5 45.3 46.4 47.0

Station B 43.5 44.0 45.2 46.5

Station C 42.7 43.4 44.5 45.2

Station D 33.2 31.3 30.7 32.4

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Karli Wade · Answer 1

Station D is off by about 10 cm compared to the other stations. It also shows greater variation between readings going down then up like 31cm to 30cm to 32cm.