Search Details

Word: outlier (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A person or thing away from others or outside its proper place.
  • geology A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
  • statistics A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »