In what scenario would a modified Z-score be beneficial to use for outlier detection?
- When data is bimodal
- When data is normally distributed
- When data is skewed or has outliers
- When data is uniformly distributed
A modified Z-score is beneficial to use for outlier detection when data is skewed or has outliers, as it is more robust to outliers than the traditional Z-score.
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