PG851: GLM--ANOVA

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

In truthers

Can the term "outlier" ever be defined as a point that is not similar in type to other data points? (Like a real number in a data set of whole numbers, for example). Or does "outlier" always mean a point that does not fall within the normal distribution of points?

1 Comments:

  • At 5:26 AM, Blogger Mari Clements said…

    Outliers are always defined by their position in the distribution. They are outlying the distribution.

     

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