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Which of the following is true of an outlier?

An outlier is a false data point.
An outlier does not affect measures of central tendency.
An outlier is always the highest or lowest value in a data set.
An outlier is not near the main cluster of data.

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The last one is the best answer choice

An outlier is not near the main cluster of data

little tip to help you remember is that the name is outlier and out means out and outliers are always out of the main cluster of data

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