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Measures of dispersion

The variation of the data can be calculated using measures of dispersion. Range, quartile
deviation, mean deviation, and standard deviation are the four main measures of dispersion,
which are discussed below one by one.

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𝑄3 − 𝑄1 16 − 6
𝑄𝐷 = = =5
2 2
𝑄3 − 𝑄1 16 − 6 10
𝐶𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑄𝐷 = = = = 0.45%
𝑄3 + 𝑄1 16 + 6 22

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Practice questions:

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