MEASURES OF

VARIABILITY:
RANGE
WK07-LAS1-SAP-II-11
LEARNING OBJECTIVE(S)

At the end of the lesson the

student shall be able to solve for
the value of range.
MEASURES OF VARIABILITY describe
the spread of the values about the
mean.
1. Range
2. Standard Deviation
3. Variance
THE RANGE
The difference between the highest and
the lowest values in a given set of data is
the RANGE.
Range = highest value – lowest value
Example 1. Find the range for each set of data given
below. Answer: 13
a) 3, 8, 16, 12, 4, 5, 7, 15 Answer: 23
b) 25, 32, 9 18, 12, 30, 28, 22
Example 2. Determine the range of data presented in
an UNGROUPED frequency distribution below.

Class Intervals f
20 – 25 13
14 – 23 5 Range = 25.5 – 1.5 = 24
8 – 13 8
2–9 10
Example 3. Determine the range of data presented in
a GROUPED frequency distribution below.

Class Intervals f
90 – 99 3
80 – 89 7
70 – 79 8
Range = 99.5 – 49.5 = 50
60 – 69 5
50 – 59 2
LEARNING
EXPERIENCE
 Find the range of the following
60, 62, 54, 40, 33, 35, 22, 23, 55, 57, 25, 26,
1. 34, 44, 41, 44, 44, 44, 44, 45, 59, 58, 52, 50,
36, 33, 34, 37, 39, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
40, 45, 56, 63, 45, 25, 27, 28, 39, 34, 45, 37,
61, 60, 33, 32, 31, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
30, 50, 48, 52, 55, 62, 60, 33, 34, 44, 44, 44,
45, 46, 42, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 23, 24, 61, 50,
53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 33, 30, 29, 33, 50, 28,
27, 45, 45, 44, 44, 56, 56, 57, 40, 44, 45, 24,
25, 26, 30, 31, 27, 27, 30, 24, 25, 41, 43, 42,
50, 53, 55, 54
 Class Interval f
2. 62 – 65 3
58 – 61 9
54 – 57 13
50 – 53 9
46 – 49 2
42 – 45 24
38 – 41 9
34 – 37 10
30 – 33 17
26 – 29 13
22 – 25 15