Robust measures of scale

In statistics, robust measures of scale are methods which quantify the statistical dispersion in a sample of numerical data while resisting outliers. These are contrasted with conventional or non-robust measures of scale, such as sample standard deviation, which are greatly influenced by outliers.

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Robust measures of scale

In statistics, robust measures of scale are methods which quantify the statistical dispersion in a sample of numerical data while resisting outliers. These are contrasted with conventional or non-robust measures of scale, such as sample standard deviation, which are greatly influenced by outliers.

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