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BRWH

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on: Jul 24, 2018
What is a reasonable action if an outlier is a legitimate data value and represents natural variability for the group and variable measured?

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Determine whether the following statement is true or false and explain your answer : Since outliers cause complications in statistical analyses, they should be discarded before computing summaries such as the mean and the standard deviation.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Kimmy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The value should not be discarded; in fact, it may be one of the more interesting values in the data set.

Answer to Question 2

False. Although outliers do affect summaries such as the mean and standard deviation, they should never be discarded without justification.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Excellent

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