What is an outlier?

A. The application of big data analytics to smaller data sets in near-real or real-time in order to solve a problem or create business value.
B. A program that processes and manages algorithms across many machines in a computing environment.
C. A data value that is numerically distant from most of the other data points in a set of data.
D. An emotional state of over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome.


Answer: C

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