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Range

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-009924

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of measurements or observations. It provides a simple measure of the spread or dispersion of data. While easy to calculate, it is sensitive to outliers and does not provide information about the distribution of values within the set.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-009924
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesOrange Book, 2nd ed., p. 5 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)
Record as JSON
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  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of measurements or observations. It provides a simple measure of the spread or dispersion of data. While easy to calculate, it is sensitive to outliers and does not provide information about the distribution of values within the set.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 5 (https://media.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/range/"
}

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