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Range
Difference between maximum and minimum values
Interquartile Range
Difference between third and first quartile (Q3 - Q1)
Semi Interquartile Range
Difference between third and first quartile (Q3 - Q1)/2
Variance
Average*of the squared deviations from the mean
Standard Deviation
Square root of the variance
Kurtosis
• Measure of flatness or peakedness of a frequency distribution
• Platykurtic (relatively flat)
• Mesokurtic (normal)
• Leptokurtic (relatively peaked)
Skewness
Skewed to left
Skewness
Symmetric
Skewness
Skewed to right
Kurtosis
If Sk= 0 symmetric
If Sk= more then +1 positively skewed
• Kurtosis
β2= (µ4) / ( µ2)2 --Range +3 to -3