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Abstract The magnitude of Z(n), the Z score associated with the largest value of X in a data set of size n, is shown to be bounded above by (n — 1)/√n. As a result, outliers defined as values exceeding four standard deviations from the mean cannot exist for small data sets.
Ronald E. Shiffler (Mon,) studied this question.
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