--- title: Blog — DataDrive (3) description: DataDrive's blog covers a variety of topics, including best practices for building modern data teams and cloud data platforms in addition to tool training for Tableau, Snowflake, Fivetran, Matillion, and Sigma Computing. (3) --- # The DataDrive Blog #### Our take on all things data. [![](https://godatadrive.com/hubfs/outliers-APPLIED.jpg) ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/how-to-detect-outliers) #### [How to Detect Outliers](https://godatadrive.com/blog/how-to-detect-outliers) ![Picture of Mahzabin Khan](https://godatadrive.com/hs-fs/hubfs/mahz-1.png?width=30&name=mahz-1.png) [Mahzabin Khan: ](https://godatadrive.com/blog/author/mahzabin-khan) Apr 8, 2022 Welcome to Part II of learning about outliers! In my previous blog, I discussed what an outlier is, where they come from, and how to differentiate between outliers, high leverage points, and influential points. In this blog, I’ll walk through... 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