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    outlier
    /ˈaʊtˌlʌɪə/

    noun

    • 1. a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system: "a western outlier in the Andaman archipelago"

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  2. Nov 21, 2023 · When a value is called an outlier it usually means that that value deviates from all other values in a data set. For example, in a group of 5 students the test grades were 9, 8, 9, 7, and 2. The ...

  3. Step 1: Calculate the average and standard deviation of the data set, if applicable. The average for the data set is 225 with a standard deviation of 7. Step 2: Determine if any results are ...

  4. Nov 21, 2023 · This is a rule which uses the Quartiles and IQR of a data set to determine the upper and lower fence of a data set. Any data point which lies beyond these fences is considered an outlier. The ...

  5. An outlier is any value that is numerically distant from most of the other data points in a set of data. Measurement error, experiment error, and chance are common sources of outliers. The easiest ...

  6. Nov 21, 2023 · An outlier in a data set is a value that is not like the rest. For example, if everyone in the English class passed a test with an average of 78 but one guy completely bombs the test, scoring 24 ...

  7. Identifying Outliers and Clustering in Scatter Plots. Step 1: Determine if there are data points in the scatter plot that follow a general pattern. Any of the points that follow the same general ...

  8. Outlier: An outlier in a scatterplot is a data point that does not fit the general trend of the rest of the data. This could be a point that is too high or too low relative to the points around it.

  9. Nov 21, 2023 · The mean is not heavily impacted by a possible outlier. For this data set, the mode (19 years) is the lowest measure of central tendency and the mean (21.5 years) is the highest. The median (21 ...

  10. How to Determine Outliers Using the Fence Rule: Step 1: Identify the first and third quartiles, Q 1 and Q 3. If given a data set, do this by sorting the data, splitting along the median, and ...

  11. Outliers are items in a data set that lie well above or below the majority of the scores in the set. Outliers can skew statistical results, giving an unrepresentative picture of the data. To ...