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Lesson 6: Measures of Relative Dispersion

The document discusses different measures of relative dispersion for grouped and ungrouped data including: 1. Coefficient of variation, which expresses standard deviation as a percentage of the mean to compare variability between datasets. 2. Coefficient of skewness, which measures the lack of symmetry in a distribution. Positive skewness means the mean is greater than the median/mode. 3. Kurtosis, which measures the peakedness of a distribution - leptokurtosis means more scores concentrated in the center, and platykurtosis means scores are more spread out. Exercises are provided to calculate and interpret these measures of dispersion and skewness for different datasets.

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Lesson 6: Measures of Relative Dispersion

The document discusses different measures of relative dispersion for grouped and ungrouped data including: 1. Coefficient of variation, which expresses standard deviation as a percentage of the mean to compare variability between datasets. 2. Coefficient of skewness, which measures the lack of symmetry in a distribution. Positive skewness means the mean is greater than the median/mode. 3. Kurtosis, which measures the peakedness of a distribution - leptokurtosis means more scores concentrated in the center, and platykurtosis means scores are more spread out. Exercises are provided to calculate and interpret these measures of dispersion and skewness for different datasets.

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Lesson 6: Measures of Relative Dispersion

At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

1. Identify the different measures of relative dispersion;

2. Calculate the variability of grouped and ungrouped data;

Interpret the value of one dataset as compared to the other data set in terms of
variability

A. Coefficient of Variation

The coefficient of variation is also known as relative dispersion ; it is used to


express the standard deviation as a percentage of the mean. To compare two
distributions with different means and standard deviations, the computed coefficient
of variation is in terms of percentage.

 Coefficient of Variation of Ungrouped Data

Formula:

CV = s / x̄ (100)

Where: CV = coefficient of variations

s = standard deviation

x̄ = mean
Example:

Department store A has a mean weekly sales of 340 bags with a standard deviation
of 12. Department B has a mean weekly sales of 550 bags with standard deviation of
15. Which store has the greater variability within their weekly sales?

Dept A = CV = s / x̄ (100) = 12 / 340 x 100 = 3.5 %

Dept B = CV = s / x̄ (100) = 15 / 550 x 100 = 2.7 %

Department A has the greater variation.

 Coefficient of Variation of Grouped Data

Formula :

CV = s / x̄ (100)

Where: CV = coefficient of variations

s = standard deviation

x̄ = mean

B. Coefficient of Skewness Ungrouped and Grouped Data

Skewness refers to the measure of the lack of symmetry of a distribution. The


distribution is said to be skewed when the spread of the measurements is greater on
one side that on the other side of the point of central tendency.

Types :

 Normal Distribution or Symmetrical

 Mean = Median = Mode


 Bell-shaped curved
 Sk = 0

 Positively Skewed

 Mean is greater than median and mode


 Skewed to the right
 Sk > 0
 Negatively Skewed or Skewed to the left

 Mean is less than median and mode


 Skewed to the left
 Sk > 0

Formula:

Sk = 3 ( Mean - Median )
s

where : sk = skewness

s = standard deviation

C. Kurtosis is the measure of the degree of peakedness or flatness of a distribution.

Types of Kurtosis

 Leptokurtosis or tall distributions involve unusually large number of scores or


values at the center of the distribution. It is more peaked than the normal
curve since the scores are concentrated within a very narrow interval at the
center. Its tails are high and long.

Kurtosis is higher than 3.

 Platykurtic distributions have flat distributions. The values or scores are


distributed over a wider range about the center making the hump of the curve
flat. It is flatter than the normal distribution. It tails are short.

Kurtosis is less than 3.

 Mesokurtic distributions refer to the normal or symmetrical distributions. The


values or scores are moderately distributed about the center of the
distribution. It is neither too flat nor too peaked.

Kustosis is equal to 3 or normal.


Exercises 6:

1. The following scores of 8 students in Statistics :

89 88 77 84 83 92 91 96

Find the coefficient of skewness of data set then describe the distribution.

2. The standard deviation of 25 scores is 10, the mean = 29, median = 24,
mode = 23, What is the coefficient of skewness? Describe the distribution.

3. A survey of 50 selected hospitals showed the following number of days it took


to receive a shipment of medical supplies from the day it was ordered. Find
the coefficient of variation.

Days Hospital A Hospital B

5 - 9 9 8

10 - 14 12 13

15 - 19 14 15

20 - 24 10 12

25 - 29 5 2

4. Compute and describe the skewness.

Weight No. of Students

52 - 54 2

55 - 57 4

58 - 60 8

61 - 63 11

64 - 66 6

67 - 69 7

70 - 72 2

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