What is an outlier ?

2002-02-25 Thread Voltolini
Hi, My doubt isan 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

Re: What is an outlier ? cont'd

2002-02-25 Thread Art Kendall
--A59A95727DA65C2AB2F9EBF5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit That being said, occasions can arise where there are outliers other than from measurement or data entry error. Different disciplines have different approaches. What discipline are

What is an outlier ?

2002-02-25 Thread Art Kendall
--6F47CB3D3B10A10A3E9B064C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An outlier is any value for a variable that is suspect given the measurement system, common sense, other values for the variable in the data set, or the values a case has on other

Re: What is an outlier ?

2002-02-25 Thread Dennis Roberts
of course, if one has control over the data, checking the coding and making sure it is correct is a good thing to do if you do not have control over that, then there may be very little you can do with it and in fact, you may be totally UNaware of an outlier problem i see as a potentially MUCH

Re: What is an outlier ?

2002-02-25 Thread Glen Barnett
Voltolini wrote: Hi, My doubt isan outlier can be a LOW data value in the sample (and not just the highest) ? Several text boks dont make this clear !!! What makes an outlier an outlier is your model. If your model accounts for all the observations, you can't really call any