[Colofornian]

Outlier - A value far from most others in a set of data. California 2008 election results: 1) 61.0% - Obama 2) 37.0% - McCain 3) 2.0% - everybody else

#1...McCAIN NEVER had a chance in CA...

#2...If a football team knows they never have a chance vs. another team -- and winds up losing 61-37...there's no consolation in that just because they can point to another team that lost to them 61-2.

Runner-up roles count only in horse-racing.

[GilesB]

Neither of your examples have anything to do with the statistical term “outlier”.

Since I was the one who expressed my interest in Goode as an outlier, it is my use of the true definition that applies, not the one you pull out to fit your argument of the moment.