code: def find_the_outliers(mds_file_name, population_file_name, ref_pop_name,
                        multiplier, out_prefix):
      
      options = ["--mds", mds_file_name, "--population-file",
                 population_file_name, "--outliers-of", ref_pop_name,
                 "--multiplier", str(multiplier), "--out", out_prefix]
  
      try:
          find_outliers.main(options)
      except find_outliers.ProgramError as e:
          msg = "find_outliers: {}".format(e)
          raise ProgramError(msg)
docs: Finds the outliers of a given population.
  
      :param mds_file_name: the name of the ``mds`` file.
      :param population_file_name: the name of the population file.
      :param ref_pop_name: the name of the reference population for which to find
                           outliers from.
      :param multiplier: the multiplier of the cluster standard deviation to
                         modify the strictness of the outlier removal procedure.
      :param out_prefix: the prefix of the output file.
  
      :type mds_file_name: str
      :type population_file_name: str
      :type ref_pop_name: str
      :type multiplier: float
      :type out_prefix: str
  
      Uses the :py:mod:`pyGenClean.Ethnicity.find_outliers` modules to find
      outliers. It requires the ``mds`` file created by :py:func:`createMDSFile`
      and the population file created by :py:func:`createPopulationFile`.