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Detecting outliers: Do not use standard deviation around the mean, use absolute deviation around the median

Christophe Leys, Christophe Ley, Olivier Klein, Philippe Bernard, Laurent Licata

2013Journal of Experimental Social Psychology4,067 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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Standard deviationOutlierAbsolute deviationStatisticsRelative standard deviationAbsolute (philosophy)Mean absolute errorDispersion (optics)PsychologyMathematicsMean squared errorDetection limitEpistemologyPhilosophyOpticsPhysicsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsStatistical Methods and InferenceStatistical Methods and Applications
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