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MATHEMATICS IN

THE MODERN
WORLD
MATM 111
MEASURES of
VARIATION
WEEK 7 : COURSE CONTENT
1. Range
2. Mean Absolute deviation
3. Variance
4. Standard Deviation
5. Quartile Deviation
WEEK 7: Unit expected
outcomes;
1.Perform efficiently and honestly the computations
of measures of dispersion.

2.Analyze, compare and interpret data confidently,


accurately, and independently using measures of
dispersion.
Events of nature vary form time. People keep on changing their location, motion, physical appearance, skin
reaction to different chemicals, height, weight, hair color, eye color, ideas, and even value in life. Usually, the
heights of a group of people with the same race tend to converge to a certain common value.
MEASURES OF VARIATION
 The measure of variation will enable you to know how
varied the observations are, whether there are
extremes values in the distribution, or whether the
values are very close to each other.

 If the measure of variation is zero, it means that there


is no variation at all and that the observations are all
alike, or homogeneous. Otherwise, they are
heterogenous.
MEASURES OF VARIATION
The common measures of variation are the:
1. Range
2. Mean absolute deviation
3. Variance
4. Standard deviation
5.Quartile Deviation and Inter-
Quartile Range
RANGE
The range is the simplest form of measuring the
variation of a distribution.
 The range is simple to compute
and is useful when you wish to
evaluate the whole of a dataset.
 The range is useful for showing
the spread within a dataset and
for comparing the spread
between similar datasets.
FORMULA:
Range (R) = HIGHEST
OBSERVATION – LOWEST
OBSERVATION
Illustrative Examples: Data 3: A group of scientists went on
the mountain range in Sierra Madre,
Philippines to study the different species
of plants existing in that area. The ages of
the scientists are 34, 35, 45, 56, 32, 25,
and 40. What is the range of their ages?
Given: Highest Age = 56 and
Lowest Age = 25
Solution: R = H – L = 56 – 25 =
31
Answer: therefore, the range of
their ages is 31
Mean Absolute Deviation-MAD
of a set of data is the average distance between
each data value and the mean.
Ungrouped data: Grouped data
VARIANCE
VARIANCE

•Variance is another measure of variation which can be


used instead of the range.
•The variance considers the deviation of each observation
from the mean.
•To obtain the variance of a distribution, first square the
deviation from the mean of each row score and add them
together.
•Then, divide the resulting sum by N or the total number of
cases.
(Ungrouped Data)
Except(Grouped
when specified Data)
(Ungrouped that Data)
the population
variance is to be used, you will always use
the sample variance formula in the examples
and exercises throughout the book.
(Grouped Data)
(Ungrouped Data)
The standard deviation, (σ) for a population and (s) for a sample, is the
square root of the value of the variance. In symbols and formula for grouped
and ungrouped data:
a)Ungrouped Data: If the Population Variance is ,
therefore, the value of population standard deviation is

Ungrouped Data: If the Sample Variance is ,


Therefore, the value of sample standard deviation is
THE QUARTILE DEVIATION
(Inter Quartile Deviation)

The quartile deviation is another way of


determining the spread of a distribution in terms of
quartiles.
The quartile deviation formula is shown below:
Example: Find the Quartile deviation in the data below

Quartile Deviation = (29-18)/2 = 5.5


Interquartile Range:
Example
End of Session…

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