spreidingsbereik
Spreidingsbereik, a Dutch term, translates to "range" or "spread" in English and is commonly used in statistics and probability theory. It refers to the difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset. This simple measure provides a quick indication of the variability or dispersion of the data points. A larger spreidingsbereik suggests that the data is more spread out, while a smaller spreidingsbereik indicates that the data points are clustered closer together.
The calculation of spreidingsbereik is straightforward: maximum value minus minimum value. For example, if a set