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COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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A simple rough measure of relative dispersion in probability distribution. Written as a ratio of standard deviation to mean. It serves mainly as a measure of relative risk. Known also as Pearson’s coefficient of variation after its formulator Karl Pearson.

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