a data point on a graph or in a set of results that is very much bigger or smaller than the next nearest data point.
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The outlier could affect the mean by making it drastically larger or smaller.
An outlier is a number completely different from the rest in a set of data.For example, in the set:13, 17, 22, 15, 19, 11, 342, 14342 is the outlier.
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The word outlier means in mathematical terms means a value far away from most of the rest n a set of data.
It's possible. An outlier is a number that affects the the mean of a group of numbers greatly. For example the mean in this set of numbers (2, 4, 1, 5) is 3, but if I add the number 93 the new answer is 21.