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Measures of Dispersion with Weights Based on Ranks
Author(s) -
Bomsdorf E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710270706
Subject(s) - dispersion (optics) , mathematics , statistics , econometrics , physics , optics
The measures of dispersion for ungrouped data proposed by Gini and Lienert, which are defined as the mean of the ranges of pairs and triplets of n values, are generalised. A family of measures of dispersion emerges with weights based on ranks instead of the measurements themselves.
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