Calculate outliers for quantitative data.
- There are many methods for determining potential outliers. Two methods frequently used are as follows:
- i. An outlier is a value located more than 1.5I× QR above the third quartile or more than 1.5I× QR below the first quartile.
- ii. An outlier is a value located more than 2 standard deviations above, or below, the mean.