PSY 510 PSY510 discussion-outliers.docx – SNHU

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PSY 510 PSY510 discussion-outliers.docx – SNHU

An outlying observation, or outlier, is one that appears to deviate markedly from other members of the sample in which it occurs (Grubbs, 1969). Outliers are data that don’t fall nicely within the predicted model, but they can be very successful or very unsuccessful. An example of a real-world outlier is supervision. Vision is complex, but the calculus of color is strangely simple: Each cone confers the ability to distinguish around a hundred shades, so the total number of combinations is at least 1003, or a million. Take one cone away—go from being what scientists call a trichromat to a dichromat—and the number of possible combinations drops a factor of 100, to 10,000.

PSY 510 PSY510 discussion-outliers.docx – SNHU

Almost all other mammals, including dogs and New World monkeys, are dichromats. Researchers suspect, though, that some people see even more. Living among us are people with four cones, who might experience a range of colors invisible to the rest. It’s possible these so-called tetrachromats see a hundred million colors, with each familiar hueThis quote from the article clearly shows how research can be misconstrued and accidentally skewed. It also points out why the Patriots are outliers and refutes the point made by skeptics. An example of an outlier in the real world could be a participant who misunderstands the instructions, or who is unable to follow the instructions due to a disability may be an outlier whose results have nothing to do with the model being tested, therefore skewing the data, more than a typical outlier.

PSY 510 PSY510 discussion-outliers.docx – SNHU

Theeffect of this is that the data will be skewed and these types of outliers should be excluded from the data set because the reasoning was not disclosed prior to participation, therefore the data is not skewed because it is a valid outlier but because of other reasons not pertaining to the study. Atypical outlier is a dramatically different score, but for a valid reason. These outliers can be kept in the data set because they are a valid part of the data set, they just aren’t normal.

PSY 510 PSY510 discussion-outliers.docx – SNHU

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