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Am I an outlier?

By: Robert Van Winkle


My Topic
Am I an outlier in my lifespan
compared to other musicians in my
genre of music?

My age: 55 on October 31st


Average age at death of rappers: 30
according to CJ Lawson, published in
a medical journal
Standard
Deviation Based on the two standard deviation test for
necessary for outliers, the Standard deviation would need to
be 12
me to be an
outlier
Is the necessary standard deviation
reasonable?
Yes, it is reasonable that that could be the standard deviation. While I
was not able to find this statistic, I could reasonably assume that the
standard deviation would be twelve or less. This is because two
standard deviations above and below the mean would set the outlier
fence at any age between 6 and 54. It is necessary for standard
deviation to be reasonable on both sides, and it would need to be
much less than twelve for it to be reasonable on the low side.
So, am I an Yes, I believe that based on the two
outlier? standard deviations test, I am indeed
an outlier.

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