6th Grade · Statistics & Probability
Measure of Variation
6.SP.A.3
Definition
A value that describes how spread out a data set is, like range or IQR.
Examples
- Range and IQR are both measures of variation.
- A measure of variation describes spread, not center.
Key rule
Range and IQR both describe how spread out the data is.
Memory hook
How spread out, not where the middle is.