What is dispersion and Why we need it ? Measure of scatterness between the values of a series to that of the average(Mean , Median, Mode) is dispersion. To measure the extend to which the items vary from some central value.(Average). ABSOLUTE MEASURES : The measures of dispersion which are expressed in terms of original units of a series are termed as Absolute Measures. RELATIVE MEASURES: The measures of dispersion which are measured as a percentage or ratio of the average are termed Relative Measures. TYPES OF SERIES : INDIVIDUAL SERIES DISCRETE SERIES CONTINUOUS SERIES RANGE ,QURATILE AND STANDARD DEVIATION