Influential observation and Outliers: Are we just splitting hair? If so, explain. If not, how then do you differentiate between an influential observation and an outlier.

Answer 1

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "influential observation outlier difference" to get these possible sources:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=influential+observation+outlier+difference&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.