1332.0.55.002 - Statistical Language!, 2008

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Contents >> Range >> What does the Range tell you?

WHAT DOES THE RANGE TELL YOU?

The range can only tell you basic details about the spread of a set of data. By giving the difference between the lowest and highest scores of a set of data it gives a rough idea of how widely spread out the most extreme observations are, but gives no information as to where any of the other data points lie.