Outliers (typically) cannot cause type I errors in one-sample/paired t-tests

Alan Wisler

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341720

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Outliers (typically) cannot cause type I errors in one-sample/paired t-tests

Alan Wisler

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alan.wisler@usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-2846

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Outliers (typically) cannot cause type I errors in one-sample/paired t-tests

Alan Wisler

Published: February 17, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341720

About the Authors

Alan Wisler

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alan.wisler@usu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-2846

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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