MEASURES OF DISPERSION Flashcards

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Define variance

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This records how spread out data is from the mean and is Standard deviation squared

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Define Standard Deviation

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Is a more precise measure of dispersion and measures the spread (or dispersion) of data around the mean.

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Range

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Calculated by subtracting the lowest score from the highest score then adding one

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