Jump to content

Statistics question: Does range include outliers


turtle turtle

Recommended Posts

If there's an outlier in my data set e.g. 3, 5, 4, 3, 99 (99 is the outlier):

 

is the range 99-3 = 96

or is it 5-3 = 2 (excluding the outlier)?

 

any help would be much appreciated i have a test tomorrow lol!!

 

The outlier is a piece of data that is distant from all other observations, and therefore should be excluded from the data set. And because it's excluded, so you cannot use it to compute the range for the data set. So it is 5-3=2.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...