Answer
The range of a data set is the difference between the maximum and minimum data entries in the set.
Work Step by Step
The range of a data set is the difference between the maximum and minimum data entries in the set. To find the range, the data must be quantitative.
Range = (Maximum data entry - Minimum data entry)
As a measure of variation, the range has the advantage of being easy to compute. Its disadvantage, however, is that it uses only two entries from the data set.
