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Measures of Dispersion

The document discusses measures of dispersion for ungrouped data, focusing on range, variance, and standard deviation as indicators of data spread. It explains that range measures the distance between the largest and smallest values, while variance is the square of the standard deviation. Additionally, it presents examples of calculating variance and standard deviation, concluding that Dependable batteries exhibit the smallest standard deviation, indicating greater consistency in performance.

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Measures of Dispersion

The document discusses measures of dispersion for ungrouped data, focusing on range, variance, and standard deviation as indicators of data spread. It explains that range measures the distance between the largest and smallest values, while variance is the square of the standard deviation. Additionally, it presents examples of calculating variance and standard deviation, concluding that Dependable batteries exhibit the smallest standard deviation, indicating greater consistency in performance.

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Measures of

Dispersion
Of Ungrouped Data
Measures of Dispersion

A measure of variability of a set of data is a


number that conveys the idea of spread for
the data set.
Range
Standard Deviation
Variation/ Variance
Range
measures the distance between the largest and the
smallest values and, as such, gives an idea of the
spread of the data set.

Variance
The variance for a given data set is the square of the
standard deviation of the data.
Where:
X - data given
- Mean
N - total number of data
N - variance
Standard Deviation
Is a measure of how spread out numbers are.

Where:
X - data given
- Mean
N - total number of data
- standard deviation
N
Standard Deviation & Variance
1. The following numbers were obtained by sampling a
population. Find the Variance and Standard deviation.
2, 4, 7, 12, 15
8, 7, 15, 2, 16, 18
2. A consumer group has tested a sample of 8 size - D batteries
from each of 3 companies. The results of the tests are shown in
the following table. According to these tests, which company
produces batteries for which the values representing hours of
constant use have the smallest standard deviation?
Standard Deviation & Variance

The batteries from Dependable have the smallest standard


deviation. According to these results, the Dependable
company produces the most consistent batteries with regards
to life expectancy uner constant use.

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