Outlier
An observation beyond the Tukey fences at 1.5 IQR from the quartiles. Plotted individually on every box plot here rather than discarded.
Related terms
- Tukey fence
- Q1 − 1.5 IQR and Q3 + 1.5 IQR. The convention for defining box-plot whiskers and outliers.
see also Outlier
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 5 glossary terms beginning with O