Quantitative Concept
outlier
out·li·er [ out-lahy-er ]
Definitions related to outlier:
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An observation in a data set that is numerically distant from the rest of the data.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Values outside of an expected range.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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