When conducting a statistical test, a single outlier can:

A) make the test more robust to violations of the assumption of normality
B) reduce the sample's variance, making significant results easier to achieve
C) lead to a significant result when the other numbers, considered without the outlier, would not have led to a significant result
D) improve the reliability of the statistical procedure


C

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