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Outliers and Their Effects

Learn to spot an outlier — a value far from the rest of the data — and see how removing it shifts the mean.

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The value that stands out

In most data sets, one value can sit far away from the rest — much higher or much lower. That value is called an outlier, and it can pull the mean away from what's typical.