What are outliers, and how do they affect the center, spread and shape of a data set?

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Sissi · Answer 1 · 2021-09-30T09:32:21+0000

A value that "lies outside" (is much smaller or larger than) most of the other values in a set of data. An outlier can affect the mean of a data set by skewing the results so that the mean is no longer representative of the data set. There are solutions to this problem.

What are outliers, and how do they affect the center, spread and shape of a data set?

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