Much of the early research on effective schools was what is referred to as "outlier" studies. Which of the following is the best definition of what that means?
A) Outlier studies are those which take place in remote areas of the United States.
B) Outlier studies are those which report on falsified data which were known to be sent from out and out liars.
C) Outlier studies are those that come from far ends of the distribution - where all students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, but the school has extremely high test scores.
D) None are correct

Question

Much of the early research on effective schools was what is referred to as "outlier" studies. Which of the following is the best definition of what that means?
A) Outlier studies are those which take place in remote areas of the United States.
B) Outlier studies are those which report on falsified data which were known to be sent from out and out liars.
C) Outlier studies are those that come from far ends of the distribution - where all students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, but the school has extremely high test scores.
D) None are correct

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Outlier studies focus on exceptional cases that deviate significantly from the norm, such as schools in economically disadvantaged areas that nonetheless achieve high test scores, illustrating how they defy the expected correlation between socioeconomic status and academic performance.

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