What Happens to Outliers in Scale Data When They Are

question 2

Multiple Choice

What happens to outliers in scale data when they are converted to ordinal data?

• A) There are no longer any outliers because the data are transformed to rankings.
• B) The values of the outliers decrease so that the distribution appears normal.
• C) The values of the outliers increase so that the distribution appears normal.
• D) The values of the normal scores are increased to the value of the outliers.

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