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The Measures of Variability

This document discusses various measures of variability and distribution in measurement and evaluation. It defines the inter-quartile range as the distance between two quartiles, and the standard deviation as a measure of dispersion that describes how spread out scores are from the mean. It also discusses different types of distributions including homogeneous, leptokurtic, heterogeneous, platykurtic, and mesockurtic distributions based on how scores cluster around the mean.

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180 views

The Measures of Variability

This document discusses various measures of variability and distribution in measurement and evaluation. It defines the inter-quartile range as the distance between two quartiles, and the standard deviation as a measure of dispersion that describes how spread out scores are from the mean. It also discusses different types of distributions including homogeneous, leptokurtic, heterogeneous, platykurtic, and mesockurtic distributions based on how scores cluster around the mean.

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Measurement and Evaluation

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The Semi-interquartile Range
-measure of variability that divides a
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THE STANDARD DEVIATION
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The Measures of Variability in Various Distribution

1. homogeneous- when the SD is so small, scores
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2. leptokurtic distribution- the groups tends to be
of almost the same ability.
KINDS OF DISTRIBUTION
1. HETEROGENEOUS-
Scores tends to spread away or
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2. PLATYKURTIC-
the class has different types of ability.
They spread evenly in the mean
symmetrically. Closed normal.
3. MESOKURTIC-
can only approximate. Similar to
normal curve. Bell shaped

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