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Measures of Variability

Measures of variability While a measure of central tendency describes the typical value in a data set, measures of variability define how far away the data points fall from the centre. A low spread/variability indicates that the data points tend to be clustered tightly around the centre. High variability signifies that they tend to be further spread out. Let's consider why variability matters. Consider two pizza...

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