Maximum possible amount awarded two-standard-deviation rule


)A woman sued a computer keyboard manufacturer, charging that her repetitive stress injuries were caused by the keyboard. The injury awarded about $3.5 million for pain and suffering, but the court then set aside that award as being unreasonable compensation. In making this determination, the court identified a "normative" group of 27 similar cases and specified a reasonable award as one within two standard deviations of the mean of the awards in the 27 cases. The 27 awards are (in $1000s) given below. What is the maximum possible amount that could be awarded under the two-standard-deviation rule? (Enter your answer to the nearest thousand.)

990 896 1178 1554 1883 849 1836 567 849 943 1366 50 1648 1037
1601 1037 1225 943 1366 1460 285 943 1695 802 1225 285 567

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