BBA 201-18

Business Statistics
Unit-2(Measures of Variation)
L6-LESSON 8

Vivek Sharma
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Unit-2( Measures of Variation)

L6- Range
Unit-2
L1 –Definition, Purpose and Functions, Characteristics of
a Good Measure, Measures of Central Tendency
L2- Calculation of Arithmetic Mean
L3- Calculation of Median
L4- Calculation of Mode and other partition Values
L5- Measures of Variation- Absolute and Relative
Measures
L6- Range, Quartile Deviation
Learning Objectives
L7- Mean Deviation
1.Range
L8- Standard Deviation and Variation 2.Calculation of Range
3.Merits and Demerits
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Range

The range is defined as the difference between the

largest score in the set of data and the smallest score in
the set of data, XL – XS

What is the range of the following data:

4 8 1 6 6 2 9 3 6 9
The largest score (XL) is 9; the smallest score (XS) is 1; the
range is XL - XS = 9 - 1 = 8

Coefficient of Range= 8/10 =0.8

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Different Measures of Dispersion

Find the range of the following distribution:

Age(in 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-24 24-26 26-28

Years) Range , R = ULI – LFI
No. of 0 4 6 8 2 2 Where ULI is the upper boundary of
Students Largest class and LFI is the lower
boundary of Lowest Class Interval
Range=28-16=12
Coefficient of Range= (28-16)/(28+16)
= 12/44
= 0.2727
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Merits of Range

1. Range is rigidly defined.

2. Range is simple to understand and easy

to calculate.

3.Range can be used for quality control

purpose. It is also useful for weather
forecast.
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Demerits of Range

1.Range is not based upon all observation of given

data.
2.Range is not capable for further mathematical
treatment.
3.Range is much affected by extreme values.
4.Range is much affected by sampling variation.
5.Range can not be calculated for open end classes
without any assumptions.
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When to use Range
 The range is used when
o you have ordinal data or
o you are presenting your results to people with
little or no knowledge of statistics
 The range is rarely used in scientific work as it is
fairly insensitive
 It depends on only two scores in the set of data,
XL and XS
 Two very different sets of data can have the same
range:
1 1 1 1 9 vs 1 3 5 7 9