Mintaszórás

Mintaszórás is a Hungarian compound noun formed from minta (sample) and szórás (dispersion or spread). In statistical and data-analysis contexts, mintaszórás refers to the dispersion of values within a single sample. The exact meaning can vary by author or field: some use mintaszórás as synonymous with the sample’s variability and effectively with the sample standard deviation, while others employ it in a broader sense that may include range, variance, or other dispersion measures depending on the context.

Usage and scope

Mintaszórás appears in statistical texts, survey analysis, and experimental design discussions. It is generally concerned with how much the data points in a sample differ from each other or from a central tendency such as the sample mean. Because terminology can vary, readers may encounter mintaszórás used to describe different, but related, ideas about variability within a sample.

Relation to other terms

The concept is closely related to minta szórása (the sample standard deviation), variance, range, and interquartile range. In many cases, authors prefer the more explicit terms to avoid ambiguity, but mintaszórás may still be encountered in older literature or in contexts favoring shorter compound forms.

See also

Statistics, variability, dispersion measures, sample standard deviation, variance, range, interquartile range, sampling distribution.

Notes

Mintaszórás is a specialized term whose precise interpretation depends on the author and the surrounding methodological context. When precision is required, it is advisable to refer to the explicitly defined dispersion measure (e.g., standard deviation, variance) being discussed.