Detecting outliers: Do not use standard deviation around the mean, use absolute deviation around the median

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 764-766

  Leys, Christophe ^a   Ley, Christophe ^a   Klein, Olivier ^a   Bernard, Philippe ^a   Licata, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

MAD; Median absolute deviation; Outlier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877053241     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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