rel_dis {pubh}R Documentation

Relative Dispersion.

Description

Calculates the coefficient of variation (relative dispersion) of a variable. The relative dispersion is defined as the standard deviation over the arithmetic mean.

Usage

rel_dis(x)

Arguments

x

A numerical variable. NA's observations are removed by default.

Value

The coefficient of variation (relative dispersion).

Examples

height <- rnorm(100, 170, 8)
rel_dis(height)

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