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Measures of variability

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R Software Module: /rwasp_variability.wasp (opens new window with default values)
Title produced by software: Variability
Date of computation: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:06:56 +0000
 
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8,95 57,47 86,58 137,55 171,26 236,71 239,89 252,64 259,7 308,16 324,04 388,3 392,25 440,31 694,87 756,46 4813 33999 37028 39047 59609 62156 64016 70939 72844 85094 103898 109215 131812 136452 136813 140321 150034 156187 158047 169861 171328 180818 183186 183613 184641 187881 190157 190379 191835 192797 193299 197549 198296 199297 199746 200156 203077 204386 206771 206893 207533 208108 211655 213361 213511 213923 216046 216548 216886 217465 218761 220553 221588 223166 226731 229641 232444 232669 235577 236302 238502 240755 241171 242205 242344 246542 249148 250407 251422 257102 257567 260642 261596 262517 262875 263906 265777 266793 274482 275562 278741 287069 289714 293671 295281 308174 308532 313906 315955 330563 348821 350089 356725 366936 380155 380531 383703 386688 401422 401915 403064 403556 406167 421403 426113 435956 438555 441437 449594 475834 506652 556277 601162 611281 6 etc...
 
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Summary of computational transaction
Raw Inputview raw input (R code)
Raw Outputview raw output of R engine
Computing time1 seconds
R Server'Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher' @ 193.190.124.24


Variability - Ungrouped Data
Absolute range4202352.05
Relative range (unbiased)9.492645433022
Relative range (biased)9.52697699330512
Variance (unbiased)195979364826.775
Variance (biased)194569441338.813
Standard Deviation (unbiased)442695.566757535
Standard Deviation (biased)441100.262229363
Coefficient of Variation (unbiased)1.47976865740633
Coefficient of Variation (biased)1.47443614039674
Mean Squared Error (MSE versus 0)284069371611.347
Mean Squared Error (MSE versus Mean)194569441338.813
Mean Absolute Deviation from Mean (MAD Mean)193588.492073909
Mean Absolute Deviation from Median (MAD Median)173977.387482014
Median Absolute Deviation from Mean103898.610503597
Median Absolute Deviation from Median82845
Mean Squared Deviation from Mean194569441338.813
Mean Squared Deviation from Median200345348542.639
Interquartile Difference (Weighted Average at Xnp)156836.25
Interquartile Difference (Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)157908
Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function)157908
Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)157908
Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)150976.5
Interquartile Difference (Closest Observation)155859
Interquartile Difference (True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)157908
Interquartile Difference (MS Excel (old versions))157908
Semi Interquartile Difference (Weighted Average at Xnp)78418.125
Semi Interquartile Difference (Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)78954
Semi Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function)78954
Semi Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)78954
Semi Interquartile Difference (Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)75488.25
Semi Interquartile Difference (Closest Observation)77929.5
Semi Interquartile Difference (True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)78954
Semi Interquartile Difference (MS Excel (old versions))78954
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Weighted Average at Xnp)0.332280014682196
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)0.333137834861456
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Empirical Distribution Function)0.333137834861456
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)0.333137834861456
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)0.315267042470575
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (Closest Observation)0.330242630092403
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)0.333137834861456
Coefficient of Quartile Variation (MS Excel (old versions))0.333137834861456
Number of all Pairs of Observations9591
Squared Differences between all Pairs of Observations391958729653.551
Mean Absolute Differences between all Pairs of Observations286062.838677927
Gini Mean Difference286062.838677929
Leik Measure of Dispersion0.410827033526387
Index of Diversity0.977165741495626
Index of Qualitative Variation0.984246652665884
Coefficient of Dispersion0.867464094323998
Observations139
 
Charts produced by software:
 
Parameters (Session):
par1 = 15 ; par2 = grey ; par3 = FALSE ; par4 = Unknown ;
 
Parameters (R input):
par1 = 15 ; par2 = grey ; par3 = FALSE ; par4 = Unknown ;
 
R code (references can be found in the software module):
num <- 50
res <- array(NA,dim=c(num,3))
q1 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- n*p;
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
qvalue <- (1-f)*data[i] + f*data[i+1]
}
q2 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- (n+1)*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
qvalue <- (1-f)*data[i] + f*data[i+1]
}
q3 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- n*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
if (f==0) {
qvalue <- data[i]
} else {
qvalue <- data[i+1]
}
}
q4 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- n*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
if (f==0) {
qvalue <- (data[i]+data[i+1])/2
} else {
qvalue <- data[i+1]
}
}
q5 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- (n-1)*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
if (f==0) {
qvalue <- data[i+1]
} else {
qvalue <- data[i+1] + f*(data[i+2]-data[i+1])
}
}
q6 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- n*p+0.5
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
qvalue <- data[i]
}
q7 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- (n+1)*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
if (f==0) {
qvalue <- data[i]
} else {
qvalue <- f*data[i] + (1-f)*data[i+1]
}
}
q8 <- function(data,n,p,i,f) {
np <- (n+1)*p
i <<- floor(np)
f <<- np - i
if (f==0) {
qvalue <- data[i]
} else {
if (f == 0.5) {
qvalue <- (data[i]+data[i+1])/2
} else {
if (f < 0.5) {
qvalue <- data[i]
} else {
qvalue <- data[i+1]
}
}
}
}
iqd <- function(x,def) {
x <-sort(x[!is.na(x)])
n<-length(x)
if (def==1) {
qvalue1 <- q1(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q1(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==2) {
qvalue1 <- q2(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q2(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==3) {
qvalue1 <- q3(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q3(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==4) {
qvalue1 <- q4(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q4(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==5) {
qvalue1 <- q5(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q5(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==6) {
qvalue1 <- q6(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q6(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==7) {
qvalue1 <- q7(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q7(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
if (def==8) {
qvalue1 <- q8(x,n,0.25,i,f)
qvalue3 <- q8(x,n,0.75,i,f)
}
iqdiff <- qvalue3 - qvalue1
return(c(iqdiff,iqdiff/2,iqdiff/(qvalue3 + qvalue1)))
}
range <- max(x) - min(x)
lx <- length(x)
biasf <- (lx-1)/lx
varx <- var(x)
bvarx <- varx*biasf
sdx <- sqrt(varx)
mx <- mean(x)
bsdx <- sqrt(bvarx)
x2 <- x*x
mse0 <- sum(x2)/lx
xmm <- x-mx
xmm2 <- xmm*xmm
msem <- sum(xmm2)/lx
axmm <- abs(x - mx)
medx <- median(x)
axmmed <- abs(x - medx)
xmmed <- x - medx
xmmed2 <- xmmed*xmmed
msemed <- sum(xmmed2)/lx
qarr <- array(NA,dim=c(8,3))
for (j in 1:8) {
qarr[j,] <- iqd(x,j)
}
sdpo <- 0
adpo <- 0
for (i in 1:(lx-1)) {
for (j in (i+1):lx) {
ldi <- x[i]-x[j]
aldi <- abs(ldi)
sdpo = sdpo + ldi * ldi
adpo = adpo + aldi
}
}
denom <- (lx*(lx-1)/2)
sdpo = sdpo / denom
adpo = adpo / denom
gmd <- 0
for (i in 1:lx) {
for (j in 1:lx) {
ldi <- abs(x[i]-x[j])
gmd = gmd + ldi
}
}
gmd <- gmd / (lx*(lx-1))
sumx <- sum(x)
pk <- x / sumx
ck <- cumsum(pk)
dk <- array(NA,dim=lx)
for (i in 1:lx) {
if (ck[i] <= 0.5) dk[i] <- ck[i] else dk[i] <- 1 - ck[i]
}
bigd <- sum(dk) * 2 / (lx-1)
iod <- 1 - sum(pk*pk)
res[1,] <- c('Absolute range','http://www.xycoon.com/absolute.htm', range)
res[2,] <- c('Relative range (unbiased)','http://www.xycoon.com/relative.htm', range/sd(x))
res[3,] <- c('Relative range (biased)','http://www.xycoon.com/relative.htm', range/sqrt(varx*biasf))
res[4,] <- c('Variance (unbiased)','http://www.xycoon.com/unbiased.htm', varx)
res[5,] <- c('Variance (biased)','http://www.xycoon.com/biased.htm', bvarx)
res[6,] <- c('Standard Deviation (unbiased)','http://www.xycoon.com/unbiased1.htm', sdx)
res[7,] <- c('Standard Deviation (biased)','http://www.xycoon.com/biased1.htm', bsdx)
res[8,] <- c('Coefficient of Variation (unbiased)','http://www.xycoon.com/variation.htm', sdx/mx)
res[9,] <- c('Coefficient of Variation (biased)','http://www.xycoon.com/variation.htm', bsdx/mx)
res[10,] <- c('Mean Squared Error (MSE versus 0)','http://www.xycoon.com/mse.htm', mse0)
res[11,] <- c('Mean Squared Error (MSE versus Mean)','http://www.xycoon.com/mse.htm', msem)
res[12,] <- c('Mean Absolute Deviation from Mean (MAD Mean)', 'http://www.xycoon.com/mean2.htm', sum(axmm)/lx)
res[13,] <- c('Mean Absolute Deviation from Median (MAD Median)', 'http://www.xycoon.com/median1.htm', sum(axmmed)/lx)
res[14,] <- c('Median Absolute Deviation from Mean', 'http://www.xycoon.com/mean3.htm', median(axmm))
res[15,] <- c('Median Absolute Deviation from Median', 'http://www.xycoon.com/median2.htm', median(axmmed))
res[16,] <- c('Mean Squared Deviation from Mean', 'http://www.xycoon.com/mean1.htm', msem)
res[17,] <- c('Mean Squared Deviation from Median', 'http://www.xycoon.com/median.htm', msemed)
load(file='createtable')
mylink1 <- hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/difference.htm','Interquartile Difference','')
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_1.htm','(Weighted Average at Xnp)',''),sep=' ')
res[18,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[1,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_2.htm','(Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)',''),sep=' ')
res[19,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[2,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_3.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function)',''),sep=' ')
res[20,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[3,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_4.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)',''),sep=' ')
res[21,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[4,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_5.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)',''),sep=' ')
res[22,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[5,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_6.htm','(Closest Observation)',''),sep=' ')
res[23,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[6,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_7.htm','(True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)',''),sep=' ')
res[24,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[7,1])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_8.htm','(MS Excel (old versions))',''),sep=' ')
res[25,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[8,1])
mylink1 <- hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/deviation.htm','Semi Interquartile Difference','')
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_1.htm','(Weighted Average at Xnp)',''),sep=' ')
res[26,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[1,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_2.htm','(Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)',''),sep=' ')
res[27,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[2,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_3.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function)',''),sep=' ')
res[28,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[3,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_4.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)',''),sep=' ')
res[29,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[4,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_5.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)',''),sep=' ')
res[30,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[5,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_6.htm','(Closest Observation)',''),sep=' ')
res[31,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[6,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_7.htm','(True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)',''),sep=' ')
res[32,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[7,2])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_8.htm','(MS Excel (old versions))',''),sep=' ')
res[33,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[8,2])
mylink1 <- hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/variation1.htm','Coefficient of Quartile Variation','')
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_1.htm','(Weighted Average at Xnp)',''),sep=' ')
res[34,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[1,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_2.htm','(Weighted Average at X(n+1)p)',''),sep=' ')
res[35,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[2,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_3.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function)',''),sep=' ')
res[36,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[3,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_4.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Averaging)',''),sep=' ')
res[37,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[4,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_5.htm','(Empirical Distribution Function - Interpolation)',''),sep=' ')
res[38,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[5,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_6.htm','(Closest Observation)',''),sep=' ')
res[39,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[6,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_7.htm','(True Basic - Statistics Graphics Toolkit)',''),sep=' ')
res[40,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[7,3])
mylink2 <- paste(mylink1,hyperlink('http://www.xycoon.com/method_8.htm','(MS Excel (old versions))',''),sep=' ')
res[41,] <- c('', mylink2, qarr[8,3])
res[42,] <- c('Number of all Pairs of Observations', 'http://www.xycoon.com/pair_numbers.htm', lx*(lx-1)/2)
res[43,] <- c('Squared Differences between all Pairs of Observations', 'http://www.xycoon.com/squared_differences.htm', sdpo)
res[44,] <- c('Mean Absolute Differences between all Pairs of Observations', 'http://www.xycoon.com/mean_abs_differences.htm', adpo)
res[45,] <- c('Gini Mean Difference', 'http://www.xycoon.com/gini_mean_difference.htm', gmd)
res[46,] <- c('Leik Measure of Dispersion', 'http://www.xycoon.com/leiks_d.htm', bigd)
res[47,] <- c('Index of Diversity', 'http://www.xycoon.com/diversity.htm', iod)
res[48,] <- c('Index of Qualitative Variation', 'http://www.xycoon.com/qualitative_variation.htm', iod*lx/(lx-1))
res[49,] <- c('Coefficient of Dispersion', 'http://www.xycoon.com/dispersion.htm', sum(axmm)/lx/medx)
res[50,] <- c('Observations', '', lx)
res
a<-table.start()
a<-table.row.start(a)
a<-table.element(a,'Variability - Ungrouped Data',2,TRUE)
a<-table.row.end(a)
for (i in 1:num) {
a<-table.row.start(a)
if (res[i,1] != '') {
a<-table.element(a,hyperlink(res[i,2],res[i,1],''),header=TRUE)
} else {
a<-table.element(a,res[i,2],header=TRUE)
}
a<-table.element(a,res[i,3])
a<-table.row.end(a)
}
a<-table.end(a)
table.save(a,file='mytable.tab')
 





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