What is an outlier?



What is an outlier?..

Answer / Meena Singh

In statistics, an Outlier is a data point that lies significantly far away from other observations. Outliers can occur due to measurement errors or represent rare events. They are important in data analysis because they can have a significant impact on statistical measures and may indicate errors or anomalies.

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