Outlier

repetition forbids the elimination of outliers that may cause inaccuracy in the practical outcome. The lack of repetition in this experiment provided erroneous practical results where experimenters are mislead due to outliers, hence conclusions could not be accurately drawn. According to Table 3, Group Three was a clear outlier when it was the only group which provided a negative result for starch concentration inside the dialysis bag. The existence of an outlier impacts on the credibility of…

In Best Selling Author Malcom Gladwell’s book, Outliers, Gladwell states, “Researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours” (Gladwell). Could this be true? Can 10,000 hours really be all that is necessary for success? Gladwell’s claim 10,000 hours is a “magic number” for success is only half true, success is based on more than practice alone, genetic predisposition plays a heavy role as well. Gladwell based his “10,000 Hour Rule” on a…

In our world today, we place a lot of emphasis on innate intelligence and high IQ. However, in his book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell challenges our mythical idea of success. He argues that “the relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point”, and that other factors can play a greater role. I agree with Gladwell’s argument that IQ alone does not determine an individual’s success because I believe that qualities like economic status, work ethic, and mindset can be equally, or even…

Until it becomes as second nature as breathing. In the book Outliers, by author Malcolm Gladwell, he writes about his theory that it takes approximately 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in any field. Do you already have 10,000 hours of practice? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe you’re working on it. It is easy…

Shelly M. Moyal July 25th,2016 Ms.Marquard English 4 Honors Northeast High school Summer Reading Questions - The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 1. Please summarize your view of the idea known as the “American Dream,” as you understand it. Is your understanding of this concept significantly different from the way Gladwell seems to define it? In my understanding of the "American Dream" is a greater apparition. The thought of being wealthy is equivalent to being successful. For society…

In today society, there is a doctrine that we acknowledge called success: according to this law, we label a person either normal or successful based on his or her values. We have blindly followed this law; however, Mr. Gladwell with your book Outliers, you expand our current ideal of success even further with compelling anecdotes, vivid statistics, and interesting culture to reinforce the doctrine. Typically in America, we define success as a title granted for geniuses, who have executed one or…

Good evening, and thank you for giving me and Mr. Gladwell the opportunity to speak tonight. In chapter 7 of the Outliers Gladwell examines the correlation between the uptick in plane crashes for Korean Air and what he believes is due to one’s cultural upbringing. Gladwell brings Geert Hofstede work and ideology to support his claim. Specifically, what Hofstede called “Power Distance Index” (PDI) which shows the correlation between one’s culture values and respect to authority (p. 204-205) While…

In the novel The Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell explains how and why some people succeed with impactful lives and others don’t even if they try their hardest. He looks at the lives of professional hockey players, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and many more people explaining how they’re considered outliers. He explains how some people were deserving of their success, how some weren’t, how some people earned theirs, and how others were just in the right place at the right…

happens, or are there some things that just have to occur? This question can be answered using the nonfiction books The Sports Gene by David Epstein, and Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Both stories revolve around expertise in a certain hobby, and whether or not our choices determine our expertise in that hobby. In Outliers, Gladwell supports that we do have control over what happens in our lives. However, in The Sports Gene Epstein better supports the idea that we don't…

of what an outlier is. According to the dictionary, outlier means a person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system. If you ask me, an outlier is someone who figures out the solution to a problem that someone else couldn’t. Malcolm Gladwell’s definition of an outlier is a person that works hard to be successful and its intelligence is far above than an average person. In The Outliers, Gladwell shows us his beliefs by giving us a short summary of his chosen outliers.…