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OpenStudy (anonymous):

can someone explain to me what an outlier is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you familier with a whisker box plot? an outlier is a piece of data that is way offf rom the entire set or mean

OpenStudy (anonymous):

10, 20, 35, 35, 15, 95 heres a example of numders you can use

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

it is kind of MEDIAN.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is a number that is distant from most of the other numbers in a list of data

OpenStudy (anonymous):

test scores: 88, 90 ,85, 96, 82, 12, 22 here 12 and 22 would be outliers because they would upset the mean

OpenStudy (amistre64):

its the cheerio the rolls all the way to the back of the fridge ....

OpenStudy (amistre64):

its the one that makes you go, GRRR!! if only that one wasnt there .....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thx guys

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you're welcome :)

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