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Outlier

nounid 5011·updated May 18, 2026
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Values distant from most other values. In machine learning, any of the following are outliers: • Weights with high absolute values • Predicted values relatively far away from the actual values • Input data whose values are more than roughly 3 standard deviations from the mean Outliers often cause problems in model training. Clipping is one way of managing outliers

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Outliers
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Notes on Measurement1 senseview framework →
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Values distant from most other values. In machine learning, any of the following are outliers: • Weights with high absolute values • Predicted values relatively far away from the actual values • Input data whose values are more than roughly 3 standard deviations from the mean Outliers often cause problems in model training. Clipping is one way of managing outliers
Glossary of Statistical Terms1 senseview framework →
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An outlier is a data value that lies in the tail of the statistical distribution of a set of data values.
Russell_and_Norvig1 senseview framework →
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An outlier is a data point that is far from other points.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
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an extreme deviation from the mean
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a person who lives away from his place of work

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