SOLUTION: Check the following data set for outliers: 4,20,22,18,25,19,26,30

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Question 1185444: Check the following data set for outliers:
4,20,22,18,25,19,26,30
Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is no formal test for determining whether a data point is an outlier.

The number 4 would surely qualify as an outlier, since the closest number to it is 18 and all the others are in the range from 18 to 30.