Discussion of statistics concepts

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Students in a statistics class at a large state university were given a survey in which one question asked was age (in years); one student was a retired person, and her age was an "outlier". What does an "outlier" mean? If student height is measured, would this same retired person necessarily have a value that was an "outlier"? Explain.

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