What is an 'outlier' in the context of data analysis?
- A data point that lies an abnormal distance from other values
- A method to visualize data
- A variable that is not significant
- An error in data collection
In data analysis, an outlier is a data point that lies an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population.
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