Measures of Dispersion

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Characteristic of data which describes the extent to which the observations vary among themselves is called dispersion&period; In other words it is the scatter or spread of the values from one another or from some common value&period; It is important to calculate the dispersions because averages do not give the clear picture of the data&period; They lack the information of how much observations are deviated or scattered from their central value or how much they tend toward their central value&period; For example if we state that two batsmen A and B made average score of 45 runs for the last 60 matches&period; Now due to difference in dispersion from the average score one cannot conclude that the two batsmen got the identical score in every match&period; If the same statement is expressed such as&comma; Batsman A made the average score of 45 runs with the average dispersion of 20 runs and Batsman B made the average score of 45 runs with the average dispersion of 10 runs&period; It shows a close picture of the runs of the two batsmen&period; All those methods which are used to measure the amount of dispersion present in any data are called measures of dispersion or measures of variation&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Measures of Dispersion are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-lectures&period;com&sol;statistics&sol;descriptive-statistics&sol;279-range&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Range<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-lectures&period;com&sol;statistics&sol;descriptive-statistics&sol;302-quartile-deviation-or-semi-interquartile-range-grouped-data&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Quartile deviation or Semi-interquartile Range<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-lectures&period;com&sol;statistics&sol;descriptive-statistics&sol;338-mean-absolute-deviation&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mean absolute deviation<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-lectures&period;com&sol;statistics&sol;descriptive-statistics&sol;349-standard-deviation&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Standard deviation<&sol;a> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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