Measures of Dispersion
Solve problems related to ranges of data sets
Let us consider the following example.
Mohit and Rohit are the opening batsmen for their school cricket team. The following table shows the runs scored by them in the last 10 innings.
Mohit |
74 |
5 |
55 |
48 |
99 |
105 |
30 |
17 |
33 |
54 |
Rohit |
42 |
101 |
51 |
38 |
53 |
100 |
105 |
44 |
72 |
41 |
Can you say who is a better batsman by observing the table?
From the given table, we observe that both of them scored a maximum of 105 runs in a match. However, this does not tell us anything.
Now, we can see that the highest runs scored by Mohit are 105, while the lowest runs scored by him are 5.
Therefore, the difference between the highest and the lowest runs scored by Mohit is
105 − 5 = 100 runs.
Hence, the range of runs scored by Mohit is 100 runs.
The difference between the highest and the lowest values of a data set is called the range of the data set. |
Similarly, the range of the runs scored by Rohit is
Highest score − Lowest score
= 105 − 38
= 67 runs
Thus, we can see that while their maximum scores were equal, the range of Rohit’s scores was lesser than the range of Mohit’s scores. What does this tell us? This tells us that Rohit was more consistent than Mohit, scoring a minimum of 38 runs in each match.
Now, let us discuss some more examples based on the above concept.
Example 1:
Find the range of the following data:
210, 150, 162, 190, 26, 175, 200, 216, 50, 127, 116, 100
Solution:
Here, highest value = 216
Lowest value = 26
The range of the given data = 216 − 26
= 190
Example 2:
The weekly temperature of Delhi is shown below.
Days |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Temperature (in °Celsius) |
49 |
45 |
40 |
35 |
42 |
46 |
48 |
What is the range of temperatures?
Solution:
Here, the highest temperature is 49°C and the lowest temperature is 35°C.
Therefore, range of temperatures = Highest temperature − Lowest temperature
= 49°C − 35°C
= 14°C
Let us consider the following example.
Mohit and Rohit are the opening batsmen for their school cricket team. The following table shows the runs scored by them in the last 10 innings.
Mohit |
74 |
5 |
55 |
48 |
99 |
105 |
30 |
17 |
33 |
54 |
Rohit |
42 |
101 |
51 |
38 |
53 |
100 |
105 |
44 |
72 |
41 |
Can you say who is a better batsman by observing the table?
From the given table, we observe that both of them scored a maximum of 105 runs in a match. However, this does not tell us anything.
Now, we can see that the highest…
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