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In a scatterplot what does the term outlier mean?

Answer 1

An outlier is defined as a data point that emanates from a different model than do the rest of the data. ... If the outlier is omitted from the fitting process, then the resulting fit will be excellent almost everywhere (for all points except the outlying point).

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Just copy the first part of the person above me or this one its the same but I put the first graph on and go it right. ;)

Answer 2

An outlier is defined as a data point that emanates from a different model than do the rest of the data. ... If the outlier is omitted from the fitting process, then the resulting fit will be excellent almost everywhere (for all points except the outlying point).

An outlier for a scatter plot is the point or points that are farthest from the regression line. ... If a number of points are the same farthest distance from the regression line, then all these points are outliers. If all points of the scatter plot are the same distance from the regression line, then there is no outlier.

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