Which outlier detection method is less sensitive to extreme values in a dataset?
- IQR method
- Standard deviation method
- Z-score method
- nan
The IQR (Interquartile Range) method is less sensitive to extreme values as compared to the z-score method or the standard deviation method. This is because IQR is a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between upper and lower quartiles.
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