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outlier Definition

out·lier (o̵utlī′ər)

noun

any person or thing that lies, dwells, exists, etc. away from the main body or expected place; specif.,

  1. a person who resides away from his place of work or business
  2. a person who is excluded, or excludes himself, from some group; outsider
  3. Geol. a mass of rock, usually of large size, separated by erosion from the main mass

outlier Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • reject: It does not bin the data and does not reject outliers to the fit.
  • exclude: Mean values are taken from replicate samples ( excluding any outliers ).
  • indicate: Use the pointer to indicate the outlier in the data " .
  • remove: An iterative process progressively removes the outliers from the image.
  • identify: This technique is useful for identifying outliers displayed in a scatter plot on a conventional map.
  • contain: Most real-world time series contain outliers, that is, extreme fluctuations due to rare events.

Converse of subject

  • influence: However, because it is heavily influenced by outliers, it should be used cautiously.

Adjective modifier

  • southern: The slopes of Carn a Mhaim, a southern outlier of Ben Macdui, come into view two miles west of Derry Lodge.
  • extreme: I just ended up having an outcome that is an extreme outlier on the bell curve.
  • eastern: Heading north, the hiking guide tempted us to try a trail in the Great Snowy Mountains, eastern outliers of the Rockies.
  • few: There are a few small outliers which are often awash.
  • small: There are a few small outliers which are often awash.
  • large: A large outlier over 2.50m long can be located about 20m to the south west.

Preposition: on

  • plot: New ability to allow the flagging of outliers on scatter plots.

Modifies a noun

  • rejection: The SEPARATE flag means that outlier rejections are done only between observations from the same dataset.
  • detection: A very important step here is the outlier detection.
  • removal: The comparison of mean squared error with, and without outlier removal is given in Fig.
  • effect: Is your primary payer initiatives is encouraged minimize outlier effects.
  • sett: There was no evidence that the temperature regime of main setts differed from that of outlier setts.

Preposition: in

  • datum: Use the pointer to indicate the outlier in the data " .

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