A researcher notes that 3 of 30 subjects had extreme anxiety scores when compared with the other subjects. These three subjects would be treated as:
a. deviants.
b. outliers.
c. unexpected findings.
d. ungrouped participants.
ANS: B
Subjects with extreme values that seem unlike the rest of the sample are called outliers.
Deviants and outliers are not the same.
Unexpected findings can occur with or without outliers.
Subjects can be grouped into categories or not, the process may highlight outliers, but would not define them.
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