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Meaning of outlier

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

outlier

Pronunciation:/ˈaʊtˌlaɪə(ɹ)/

noun

Definitions

  1. A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.

  2. A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.

  3. A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.