Outlier Numbers
Outlier. For a set of numerical data, any value that is markedly smaller or larger than other values. Mathematically, outliers are considered any number that is more than 1.5 times the interquartile range away from the median. For example, in the data set {3, 5, 4, 4, 6, 2, 25, 5, 6, 2} the value of 25 is an outlier.
Basically the one that doesn't belong.
Basically, the outlier is the number that:
So let's say we have these numbers: 2,3,1,17. 17 is our outlier. Why? Because, it's obvious.17 is separate away from the all the other numbers. An outlier is an element of a data set that distinctly stands out from the rest of the data.
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