Practice Outlier Detection & Removal - 5.7 | Data Cleaning and Preprocessing | Data Science Basic
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

Define what an outlier is.

💡 Hint: Think of data points that stand out from the average.

Question 2

Easy

What does IQR stand for?

💡 Hint: It's a measure related to quartiles in a dataset.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is an outlier?

  • A typical data point
  • A data point that differs significantly
  • A data point that is missing

💡 Hint: Consider what makes a data point stand out.

Question 2

True or False: A Z-Score above 3 indicates an outlier.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about standard deviations from the mean.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

You have a dataset of test scores: [55, 60, 70, 75, 80, 100, 200]. Apply both the IQR and Z-Score methods to detect outliers.

💡 Hint: Calculate Q1 and Q3 for IQR, and Z-Scores for the outliers.

Question 2

Consider a dataset of monthly incomes: [3500, 3600, 3700, 4000, 4200, 10000]. Discuss how you would handle the outlier at 10000.

💡 Hint: Consider business logic for whether the outlier is valid.

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