At 09:53 AM 2/17/03 -0600, Jay Warner wrote:
My apologies to the news group - Maurus didn't give a valid email address.
You seem to be looking for a ratio, of stdev/average. More
accurately, you
would like a ratio of a measurement of dispersion divided by a
measurement of
central tendency (I think those are the official terms for the concepts:).
the coefficient of variation is the est. stdev/average, or stdev/mean,
depending on who is talking.
of course, try this will z scores
.
.
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