Meanings of discrepant data in English

The discrepant data sets used as examples are the measured half-lives of 90Sr and 137Cs.

In the classical manner of scientific advances, the discrepant data proved most informative, the evidence that did not fit the reigning patriarchal construction.

Several evaluation techniques have been applied to discrepant data sets, and the results are shown to converge as the size of the data set grows.