Measures of variation
What Measures of variation means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The range, interquartile range and standard deviation, which are interpreted and calculated in this topic.
The range, interquartile range and standard deviation, which describe spread.
Topics that use Measures of variation
- L: Data presentation and interpretation (AQA A-Level)
- Data presentation and interpretation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Cleaning data
- Correlation
- Frequency density
- Histogram
- Measures of central tendency
- Outlier
- standard deviation
- Summary statistics
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