Mathematics/Statistics/Data Characteristics

The following details some basic characteristics of data in statistics.

See also Core Measurements.

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Min

Given a set of items, the min is the lowest single unique value.

For example, given a set of [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5], 1 is the min.

Max

Given a set of items, the max is the highest single unique value.

For example, given a set of [1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5], 5 is the max.

Outliers

Given a set of items, an outlier is an item that does not fit in with the rest. It's usually extremely low or extremely high, compared to the other values in the set.

For example, given a set of [1, 2, 3, 4, 50], 50 is an outlier, as it's much higher than the rest of the values.