Outlier
What Outlier means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An extreme value that lies outside the main data distribution, identifiable using rules like being more than 1.5 × IQR below Q₁ or above Q₃.
An extreme value that lies significantly outside the overall pattern of the data.
An extreme value that lies far outside the overall pattern of a data set.
Topics that use Outlier
- Statistics (AQA GCSE)
- Statistics (Eduqas GCSE)
- Statistics (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Continuous Data
- Extrapolation
- Frequency density
- box plot
- Cumulative frequency graph
- Discrete Data
- Histogram
- scatter graphs
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