chauvenet(x)

Applies Chauvenet criterion to reject outliers

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A little program that inputs a column or row vector of data and outputs: a column vector of data to which Chauvenet's criterion has been applied and outliers rejected; the rejected outliers; and, the indexes of the rejected outliers.

Cite As

Rod Letchford (2026). chauvenet(x) (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/60248-chauvenet-x), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
2.1.0.0

Changed line 17 to "if abs(tau(n)) < chauv" to check for the lower bound as well.

2.0.0.0

Fixed one line of syntax for MATLAB

1.0.0.0

value of tau needs to be absolute: tau = abs((x.-mean(x))./std(x));

Added link to reference on which function is based.