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Lexical ambiguity: making a case against spread
Author(s) -
Kaplan Jennifer J.,
Rogness Neal T.,
Fisher Diane G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2011.00477.x
Subject(s) - ambiguity , word (group theory) , linguistics , statistics , computer science , statistical analysis , natural language processing , econometrics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy
We argue for decreasing the use of the word spread when describing the statistical idea of dispersion or variability in introductory statistics courses. In addition, we argue for increasing the use of the word variability as a replacement for spread.