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A COEFFICIENT OF VARIABILITY

Manuel Martinez-Pons1
  • 1 City University of New York, Afghanistan

Abstract

A coefficient of variability is described. It is shown that conducting all possible paired comparisons in a group of scores, the investigator can ascertain the group’s degree of variability as well as its converse, the group’s degree of homogeneity. The coefficient, useful in determining whether to divide a class into subgroups for the purpose of instruction, has the advantage that it is in the form of a proportion and that it thus provides a common ground for comparison of variability across measures.

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
Volume 9 No. 1, 2013, 62-64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2013.62.64

Submitted On: 15 June 2012 Published On: 12 April 2013

How to Cite: Martinez-Pons, M. (2013). A COEFFICIENT OF VARIABILITY. Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 9(1), 62-64. https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2013.62.64

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Keywords

  • Variability
  • Variability Coefficient
  • Homogeneity Coefficient