Definition:Range (Statistics)
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Definition
Let $S$ be a set of observations of a quantitative variable.
The range of $S$ is defined as:
- $\map R S := \map \max S - \map \min S$
where $\map \max S$ and $\map \min S$ are the greatest value of $S$ and the least value of $S$ respectively.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): range: 3.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): range: 3.