MEASURES OF

VARIATION OR
DISPERSION

REPORTER: CAMILO N. GARCES Jr. PROFESSOR: Dr. ANTONIA S. ESCALONA

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MEASURES OF
VARIATION OR
DISPERSION

UNGROUPED
DISTRIBUTION
MEASURE OF
VARIABILITY OR
DISPERSION
IS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE DECRIPTION OF SUCH DATA. IT IS A
MEASURE THAT INDICATES HOW FAR THE DATA IS SPREAD OR
SCATTERED FROM A CENTRAL POINT WHICH IS EITHER THE MEAN
OR THE MEDIAN.

IT ALSO A METHOD OF MEASURING THE DEGREE BY WHICH

NUMERICAL DATA OR VALUES TEND TO SPREAD FROM OR
CLUSTER ABOUT CENTRAL POINT OF AVERAGE.
COMMOM TYPES OF
DISPERSION
1. RANGE (R) – the difference between
the highest value and the lowest value.

R = HV – LV

HV Highest Value
LV Lowest Value
COMMOM TYPES OF
DISPERSION
2. Quartile Deviation (QD) - also known as semi-
quartile range. Is defined as the amount of dispersion
present in the middle of the values.
QD =
Q1 – quartile 1
Q3 – quartile 3
COMMOM TYPES OF
DISPERSION
3. Mean absolute deviation (MAD) – this measures
the extent which individual value deviates from the
mean of the distribution.

MAD =
n – total number of samples
x – score/data
/ / - absolute deviation symbol
– mean
 COMMOM TYPES OF
DISPERSION
4. Variance (S2) – is the average of the squared
deviation values from the mean of the distribution.

S2 =
S2 – sample variance
n – total number of samples
X – score/data
– mean
 COMMOM TYPES OF
DISPERSION
5. Standard Deviation (SD) – it is the sum of the
squared deviations about the mean divided its scores.
SD= 0r

Note: The smaller the value of variation, the more clustered the scores to
the mean. The larger the value , the more spread the scores from the
mean.
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