Author Question: What is a reasonable action if an outlier is a legitimate data value and represents natural ... (Read 62 times)

BRWH · **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?

Question 2

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

Kimmy · **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.