14. In 1798, the English scientist Henry Cavendish measured the density of the Earth in a careful experiment with a torsion balance. In sorted order, here are his 29 measurements of the same quantity (the density of the Earth relative to that of water) made with the same instrument. [Source: S. M. Stigler, Do robust estimators work with real data? Annals of Statistics, 5 (1977): 1055-1098.]
| 4.88 | 5.29 | 5.36 | 5.47 | 5.58 | 5.68 |
| 5.07 | 5.29 | 5.39 | 5.50 | 5.61 | 5.75 |
| 5.10 | 5.30 | 5.42 | 5.53 | 5.62 | 5.79 |
| 5.26 | 5.34 | 5.44 | 5.55 | 5.63 | 5.85 |
| 5.27 | 5.34 | 5.46 | 5.57 | 5.65 |