Notes on Absolute and Relative measures of Dispersion
Dispersion or variation can be expressed either in terms of the original units of a series or as an abstract figure like a ratio or percentage.
Dispersion or variation can be expressed either in terms of the original units of a series or as an abstract figure like a ratio or percentage.
The choice of an average is an important problem which a statistician has to face. This necessitates a relative evaluation of these three measures of central tendency.
The relative atomic mass is denoted by Ar. The relative atomic mass is a pure number, and hence it has been no unit.