outlier

Meanings

• noun

  A data point that is significantly different from other data points in a dataset.

  - "The sales figure of $50,000 is an outlier in the dataset of monthly sales."
  - "An outlier in the dataset of student test scores may indicate an error."

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Antonyms

inlier

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Variants

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outlier , outliers

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'one that is outside', from the Old English word 'utlīger'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'outlier' was popularized by the book 'The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable' by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

2. Outliers are not necessarily errors or data entry mistakes, but they can be valuable insights into unusual patterns or trends.

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Related Concepts

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1. Anomaly: An anomaly is a data point that deviates significantly from other data points. It can be considered a type of outlier.

2. Standard Deviation: Standard deviation is a measure of the spread of data points in a dataset. Outliers often have a large standard deviation.

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Culture

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Outliers have been a topic of interest in various fields such as statistics, mathematics, and data analysis.

How to Memorize "outlier"

1. visualize
   

   - To visualize an outlier, imagine a dataset as a bell curve. An outlier is a data point that falls far outside the curve.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'outlier' with the image of a data point that stands out from the rest.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'outlier' as 'outside lier', as it literally means 'one that is outside'.

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