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Handling Valid Extreme Outliers

Extreme outliers may sometimes represent honest and accurate estimates rather than errors. To manage these valid but extreme scores, researchers can either employ resistant statistics like the median, or they can compare analyses conducted both with and without the outliers. If the results differ substantially between the two analyses, best practice dictates reporting both sets of results and thoroughly discussing the discrepancies.

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