What is an outlier in the context of Exploratory Data Analysis?
- A data point that falls outside of the normal range
- A data point that is a duplicate
- A data point that is missing
- A frequently occurring data point
In statistics, an outlier is an observation that lies an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population. In simple terms, an outlier is a value that is significantly different from other similar values.
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