Presumably, because his data does not represent some quantity to approximate normal distribution.

Transforming the D with f = 1 / x yields:
Row Value Z Significant Outlier?
1 10.000000000000000000 1.78885438120805620000 Significant outlier. P < 0.05
2 0.000666666666666667 0.44717876261411860000  
3 0.000588235294117647 0.44719630129821775000  
4 0.000476190476190476 0.44722135656121640000  
5 0.000312500000000000 0.44725796073450363000  

Transforming the D with f = log x gives:
Row Value Z Significant Outlier?
1 -2.30258509299405 1.7851028840345886 Significant outlier. P < 0.05
2 7.31322038709030 0.3777123990128823  
3 7.43838353004431 0.4058644616784443  
4 7.64969262371151 0.4533927252416877  
5 8.07090608878782 0.5481332981015742  

In reply to Re^2: How to best eliminate values in a list that are outliers by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to best eliminate values in a list that are outliers by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.