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Postgraduate CornerJournal of Pharmacology and PharmacotherapeuticsVol. 2 | Issue 4 | 2011 | pp. 315–316Open access
Measures of dispersion
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- 1 Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Hospital, Kadirkamam, Pondicherry, India.
Published in Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
Correspondence: S. Manikandan
Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Hospital, Kadirkamam, Pondicherry, India.
Email: drsmanikandan001@gmail.com
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- Jan 1, 2011
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Manikandan, S. (2011). Measures of dispersion. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 2(4), 315–316. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.85931
Abstract
The measures of central tendency are not adequate to describe data. Two data sets can have the same mean but they can be entirely different. Thus to describe data, one needs to know the extent of variability. This is given by the measures of dispersion. Range, interquartile range, and standard deviation are the three commonly used measures of dispersion.
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Article metadata
| Title | Measures of dispersion |
|---|---|
| Authors | S. Manikandan |
| Affiliations | Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Hospital, Kadirkamam, Pondicherry, India. |
| Corresponding author | drsmanikandan001@gmail.com |
| Journal | Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 2, Issue 4 (2011) |
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