Variability

Variability is how spread out or closely clustered a set of data is.

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Variability may refer to:

Biology

  • Genetic variability, a measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary from one another
  • Heart rate variability, a physiological phenomenon where the time interval between heart beats varies
  • Human variability, the range of possible values for any measurable characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings

Other sciences

  • Climate variability, changes in the components of Earth's climate system and their interactions
  • Spatial variability, when a quantity that is measured at different spatial locations exhibits values that differ across the locations
  • Statistical variability, a measure of dispersion in statistics

See also

  • Variability hypothesis, nineteenth century hypothesis that males have a greater range of ability than females
  • Variable (disambiguation)
  • Variable renewable energy, a renewable energy source of a fluctuating nature
  • Variance, a specific measure of statistical dispersion
  • Variation (disambiguation)


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