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Outlier

Tags
PAS
cegep/2
Word count
50 words
Reading time
1 minute

Experimental data that is unusually different than others

Outside of:

  • [Q11.5IQR,Q3+1.5IQR] in statistics
  • [xs,x+s] in lab

Causes:

  • Mistake in observation or recording of data
  • Belongs to different population
  • Rare chance event

Contributors

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