LearningRlab (version 2.4)

cv_: Coefficient of Variation Calculus Function

Description

This function calculates the coefficient of variation of a numbers vector.

Usage

cv_(x)

Value

Numeric, the coefficient of variation of the numbers vector.

Arguments

x

Should be a numbers vector

Author

Jose Manuel Gomez Caceres,
Juan Jose Cuadrado,
Universidad de Alcala de Henares

Details

To calculate the coefficient of variation, the user should give a numbers vector. The result is defined as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean. The coefficient of variation formule is the following:

Examples

    #data creation
    data = c(1,4,3,3,2,5,7,12,1,2,3,12)
    
    cv_(data)