The stalactite plot for the detection of multivariate outliers |
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Authors: | A C Atkinson H-M Mulira |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, WC2A 2AE London, UK |
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Abstract: | Detection of multiple outliers in multivariate data using Mahalanobis distances requires robust estimates of the means and covariance of the data. We obtain this by sequential construction of an outlier free subset of the data, starting from a small random subset. The stalactite plot provides a cogent summary of suspected outliers as the subset size increases. The dependence on subset size can be virtually removed by a simulation-based normalization. Combined with probability plots and resampling procedures, the stalactite plot, particularly in its normalized form, leads to identification of multivariate outliers, even in the presence of appreciable masking. |
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Keywords: | elemental set Mahalanobis distance masking Monte Carlo testing normalized distance outliers simulation stalactite plot |
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