A researcher is reviewing average household income data and sees that one household reported an annual income of over $1 million.This value lies outside the normal range of the data and is called a(n):
A)abnormality
B)marginal
C)outlier
D)quartile

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An outlier is a value that lies outside the normal range of the data. In this case, the household with an annual income of over $1 million is the outlier. Choices A and B are not appropriate terms to describe this situation, and quartile refers to a specific division of the data into four equal parts.

A Researcher Is Reviewing Average Household Income Data and Sees