Variability
n
Variation, variance, and standard deviation
n
measures of variability
n
report these measures with the mean
n
Population
Sample
n
Variation: SS =
S
(
X
Ð
m
)
2
SS
x
SS
x
n
Variance: SS/N = mean of SS
s
2
s
2
n
Standard Deviation: square root of
s
2
s
s