"Dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hi all > > I would like to remove outliers from my repetitive measures design, however > making it missing removes the whole case of the subject. > I've heard that it's possible to replace outliers with the mean of the > group. I am wondering if it's a standard practice (to use for my thesis), > and are there any good references? > If it is acceptable, how should I compute the mean if there are several > outliers in one group/DV, (or variable in SPSS)? > > Dennis
You have not told us if you have investigated why certain datum appear to be outliers, as opposed to valid values which don't fit your theory very well, and how you would justify their replacement with any other value including the mean. Does you adviser know about this? Exactly what field are you working in? Regards, Russell . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
