Lecture 5 - Outliers, Box Plots, Linear Transformations Flashcards

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Detecting Outliers

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Outliers are extreme data values which could be a typo, due to
experimental error, or due to random change

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Outliers

Any point that is:

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Example

A sample of sizes (in cm2) of 11 acorns from oak trees is collected.

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R: Five Number Summary

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(Modified) Boxplots

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Example: Boxplot of Acorn Sizes

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Boxplots and Shape

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Box Plot Example

Insect Sprays Dataset

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Linear Transformations

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Linear Transformations and Summary Stats

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