outlier

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There is only one obvious outlier, which is Slovakia; however Slovakia is represented in our data set by only one individual, and based on the individual's position in PC1-PC2 space it's possible this outlier may actually have had Italian, rather than Slovakian ancestry. and the Russians:

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  1. noun One whose domicile lies at an appreciable distance from his or her place of business.
  2. noun A value far from most others in a set of data: "Outliers make statistical analyses difficult” (Harvey Motulsky).
  3. noun Geology A portion of stratified rock separated from a main formation by erosion.

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  • Aside from that outlier, the Van Meegeren was much like any other international music contest. —  MFSF,January2005
  • The real outlier was the 2008 season, during which home underdogs had a record against the spread of only 32-45-2! —  Freakonomics
  • There is only one obvious outlier, which is Slovakia; however Slovakia is represented in our data set by only one individual, and based on the individual's position in PC1-PC2 space it's possible this outlier may actually have had Italian, rather than Slovakian ancestry. and the Russians: —  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog
  • The Russian Federation is less-striking as an outlier, and appears to lie too far —  Dienekes' Anthropology Blog
  • The main outlier, as in most industries, is Japan, so we will exclude it from this discussion. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
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  1. = Dutch uitlegger, an outlier, an outrigger (later English outlager, outlicker); from out + lier.
 

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