and with bivariate data, neither component need be high or low! Jon Cryer
At 12:14 PM 2/25/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Of course it can be. An outlier is any value that is not usual for your data >set. >"Voltolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >002f01c1be21$65913d60$0fe9e3c8@oemcomputer">news:002f01c1be21$65913d60$0fe9e3c8@oemcomputer... > > Hi, > > > > > > My doubt is....an outlier can be a LOW data value in the sample (and not > > just the highest) ? > > > > Several text boks dont make this clear !!! > > > > > > Thanks.... > > > > > > V. > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at > > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ > > ================================================================= > > > > >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ >================================================================= ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================