Would an Analysis of Outliers Provide Useful Information Even Though

question 25

Multiple Choice

Would an analysis of outliers provide useful information even though they are not representative of the majority of participants?

• A) yes, because it may reveal another factor that affects the dependent variable
• B) yes, but only because they need to be explained as noise
• C) no, because outliers skew the main results in a study
• D) no, because you should always discard the outliers in a data set

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