CV is more appropriate when we want to compare between two different data-sets (different units) which has less or more spread. Whereas standard deviation is helpful us to compare the spread similar types of data sets (same unit).
One possible example to that last question could be if you want to know where the abundance of a kind of phytoplankton varies more or is more stable. Since different groups of phytoplankton are found at different latitudes, and are affected by light and temperature, one could compare the CV of annual phytoplankton abundance of the equatorial region (more stable in terms of light and temperature during the year) vs the CV of annual phytoplankton abundance in high latitudes regions (with higher light and temperature variation). Cheers, Great video
Practical applications of CV is when we are comparing data between two different scales. For example, comparing prices in USD and PKR or comparing prices of two completely different and unrelated products within the same currency.
Great video and a very lucid explanation. One answer to challenge question: The CV is useful in scenarios where there are a few outliers and the standard deviation could be skewed as a result. The CV would be useful in such case.
I would say the age in months of children in 1st grade vs the age in months of children who are in 12th grade. Being a couple of months older in 1st grade gives children a huge advantage academically and athletically. That advantage disappears to some extent by the time the kids are older.
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Great video. I am a sports fanatic. So I am going to use it to compare the two conferences in both the NBA & NFL. Also do the same for different seasons to compare how spread out the win loss records are, to example how much or lack of parity in the league between the two conferences.
Man! I love you. Thanks for explaining it in the laymen's language and it is the best explanation I have ever gotten over what the hell coefficient of variation is. Thank you so much. I can't thank you enough.
With this video i finally understood what is CV. Whenever i used to see the SD of data similar to fuel price example, i always thinking what is that SD value is really means. There has to be some value by which i can understand the actual difference or variation between two data sets. And i got my answer in this video. It is coefficient of variation. Thank you so much...
Comparing prices/consumption denominated in different currencies ...... Generalizing... Comparing the variation of any consumption given different unit of measurements
That last question was on my statistics exam and I came here for an answer because I had no clue. It was phrased more to make you think to use the COV for calculating the probability of an event happening like every exam question, which made it a bit more tricky. Using it to compare data sets makes a lot of sense, not actually doing calculations of probability with it.
Actually. Std more easy to deeply understand about data variations than cov. Cov applied to compare 2 type with diverent categories that canot compare with std. Thanks for you video.Awesome explanation.
CV may be applicable when considering which product deals to care about. If there isn't time to watch out for all the deals on essential goods, perhaps someone could find the CV's for a bunch of products they use and aim for the highest ones to budget more effectively.
My use case: I have a radioactive source used to calibrate instruments. I need to determine dose rates at a set distance using shields of various thickness to attenuate the dose rate. The measurements I take are integrated counts, at a set count time with 5 counts per attenuation. The instrument I'm using is a secondary standard calibrated to +/- 2% precision. I need to calculate the coefficient of variation for each set of 5 measurements to determine if the measurements vary greater than 2%. If greater than 2% i need to increase the count times and redo the measurements until I get a precision of less than 2%.
CV can be used while comparing annual returns distribution of say, NASDAQ and NIFTY (2 distinct sets of a portfolio) or say, Distribution of prices from its mean of, a meat market in China and a Dairy market in America.
I think coefficient of variation in more appropriate than standared deviation when we dealing with the dataset which has different units (such as $ and INR) . That's I learn from this video.
CV is better for electronic component properties such as resistance, capacitance, etc. because the errors in a circuit will be proportional to the amount by which a value deviates from the nominal value as a ratio.
Thanks for the video...excellant presentation and teaching skill.....after taking ur class i think coefficient of variation is more appropriate when decision making is impossible by comparing the sd ie when sd is nearly equal or unit of mean at which sd is computed is different in the comparables....!!!!
I have recently got into the crypto market and studying statistics at same time. An example of application of CV is price variation of different currencies. They range from 0.0...1 - 100000
Can we say, CV is helpful when we are comparing a set of apple with a set of oranges? CV would be the measure which gives us the comparable means which are relative to the characteristics of each set.
CHALLENGE QUESTION - SCORING FLUCUTATION FOR NY SPORTS TEAM S/ NFL vs NBA- TOTAL POINTS SCORED EVERY WEEK(8 DAYS) FOR THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THEIR REGULAR SEASON . NY - Teams - NFL NBA Week 1 - 40 491 Week 2 - 36 421 Week 3 - 51 471 Week 4 - 36 555 Week 5 - 42 381 Mean 41 463.8 Sd 6.16 66.70 CV 0.15 0.14 - COMPARED TO THE NFL, THE NBA PLAYS MORE GAMES AND SCORES MORE POINTS PER GAME -USING THE STANDARD DEVIATION WILL NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE VIEW OF THE FLUCTUATION IN POINTS SCORED BY EACH TEAM -WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPORTION OF EACH SAMPLE/DATASET, THE CV CALCULATES A MORE COMPARABLE RESULT -POINTS SCORED BY THE NFL VARY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE NBA
you are getting a sub my guy. i owe YOU a non-alcoholic beer can i get your opinion though? CV or SD when comparing variance of tree height in different areas?
Comparing the variability of salaries between two companies: Suppose you want to compare the variability of salaries between two companies, Company A and Company B. The mean salary at Company A is $50,000, and the SD is $10,000, while the mean salary at Company B is $80,000, and the SD is $20,000. In this case, the SD would suggest that salaries at Company B are more variable, but this could be misleading. The CV would be a more appropriate measure because it would indicate that the relative variability of salaries is actually higher at Company A, where the CV is 20% (SD/mean), compared to Company B where the CV is 25%.
Comparing stock market indices of different countries or thematic indices or sectoral indices of the same countries. We could also compare the fluctuations of different mutual funds since they tend to have different NAVs. Thanks for the nice explanation!
Awesome! By this I presume you mean that you were watching this video on your laptop at a University food court as one of your friends offered you (by way of a humorous play on your Israeli heritage) a small packet of Bamba. Being anaphylactic, this airy peanut snack enjoyed by many Israeli youth would be lethal if you injested it unknowingly. Thankfully, being fully engrossed in this video you fumbled for the packet but it slipped through both your fingers and the exposed grille below the table. Your friend was disappointed that their snack gift went begging, but was utterly remorseful once they discovered that their unwitting snack may have indeed ended your life. Happy to help and happy new year!
School going population between Namibia vs Nigeria. Namibia is sparsely populated and Nigeria is densely populated. The SD and mean is going to be different. But CV is probably going to be the same.
In the cases of COVID 19 statistics, would the coefficient variation give us a better idea of how much the disease has spread within a total population, vs the standard deviation, which would not consider how many occurrences are being taken into account and may be skewed by outliers? With coefficient of variation, the number of occurrences is more relative than what the values of data are, themselves?
If you're analyzing just one dataset, Std Deviation is very useful considering that it's an addition to the Mean and helps verify if the Mean is misleading. The CV would help as well, but it's an extra step that you won't need to take. The CV helps if you're analyzing two different datasets with different variables. So they're both very useful depending on what you want.
CV is more appropriate when we want to compare between two different data-sets (different units) which has less or more spread. Whereas standard deviation is helpful us to compare the spread similar types of data sets (same unit).
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COV is useful in cases where we have different units for comparison like weights in pound and kg.
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One possible example to that last question could be if you want to know where the abundance of a kind of phytoplankton varies more or is more stable. Since different groups of phytoplankton are found at different latitudes, and are affected by light and temperature, one could compare the CV of annual phytoplankton abundance of the equatorial region (more stable in terms of light and temperature during the year) vs the CV of annual phytoplankton abundance in high latitudes regions (with higher light and temperature variation).
Cheers,
Great video
Practical applications of CV is when we are comparing data between two different scales. For example, comparing prices in USD and PKR or comparing prices of two completely different and unrelated products within the same currency.
Woah nice intuition
Great video and a very lucid explanation. One answer to challenge question: The CV is useful in scenarios where there are a few outliers and the standard deviation could be skewed as a result. The CV would be useful in such case.
I would say the age in months of children in 1st grade vs the age in months of children who are in 12th grade. Being a couple of months older in 1st grade gives children a huge advantage academically and athletically. That advantage disappears to some extent by the time the kids are older.
Your video of linear regression was extremely helpful for me. Can u do series of video on logistic regression same way as linear regression.
To compare changes in stock prices of 2 different stocks - use CoV instead of sd
CV is more useful when comparing salaries for people with different domains
Domain meaning?
@@jamiainaga5853 in websites domain means the part after the dot: .net .com .ge .ru .bg, so I'm guessing in this context domain infers a different country with different currency.
Great video.
I am a sports fanatic. So I am going to use it to compare the two conferences in both the NBA & NFL. Also do the same for different seasons to compare how spread out the win loss records are, to example how much or lack of parity in the league between the two conferences.
In day trading, financial market, CV is better measure of risk
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You could use this in comparison of the test scores and determining the validity of national testing in schools across different cultures.
Wow! This course is actually making me feel statistics. Thank you so much for the wonderfully intuitive learning experience.
Man! I love you. Thanks for explaining it in the laymen's language and it is the best explanation I have ever gotten over what the hell coefficient of variation is. Thank you so much. I can't thank you enough.
This video was much more helpful at explaining this concept than my textbook! Thank you!
the whole course is very useful when you are applying it to resource estimation and analyzing databases.
Thank you for simple explanation. It saves me 3 days of studying
With this video i finally understood what is CV. Whenever i used to see the SD of data similar to fuel price example, i always thinking what is that SD value is really means. There has to be some value by which i can understand the actual difference or variation between two data sets. And i got my answer in this video. It is coefficient of variation. Thank you so much...
Comparing prices/consumption denominated in different currencies ...... Generalizing... Comparing the variation of any consumption given different unit of measurements
That last question was on my statistics exam and I came here for an answer because I had no clue. It was phrased more to make you think to use the COV for calculating the probability of an event happening like every exam question, which made it a bit more tricky. Using it to compare data sets makes a lot of sense, not actually doing calculations of probability with it.
this is also useful if you are measuring volatility for different products with different price ranges
Really helpful video and what I understood is It basically measure the degree of deviation
The Clearest Explanation. Thanks
Actually. Std more easy to deeply understand about data variations than cov.
Cov applied to compare 2 type with diverent categories that canot compare with std.
Thanks for you video.Awesome explanation.
CV may be applicable when considering which product deals to care about. If there isn't time to watch out for all the deals on essential goods, perhaps someone could find the CV's for a bunch of products they use and aim for the highest ones to budget more effectively.
My use case:
I have a radioactive source used to calibrate instruments. I need to determine dose rates at a set distance using shields of various thickness to attenuate the dose rate.
The measurements I take are integrated counts, at a set count time with 5 counts per attenuation.
The instrument I'm using is a secondary standard calibrated to +/- 2% precision.
I need to calculate the coefficient of variation for each set of 5 measurements to determine if the measurements vary greater than 2%.
If greater than 2% i need to increase the count times and redo the measurements until I get a precision of less than 2%.
An example for usage of CV is comparing the variation in flight times for 2 different routes.
You have explained very easy way. Especially your examples very nice to understand. Thanks a lot sir.
CV is usefull for comparing two different types of meassurement types/devices and trying to decide wich is more accurate.
CV can be used while comparing annual returns distribution of say, NASDAQ and NIFTY (2 distinct sets of a portfolio) or say, Distribution of prices from its mean of, a meat market in China and a Dairy market in America.
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I think coefficient of variation in more appropriate than standared deviation when we dealing with the dataset which has different units
(such as $ and INR) .
That's I learn from this video.
CV is better for electronic component properties such as resistance, capacitance, etc. because the errors in a circuit will be proportional to the amount by which a value deviates from the nominal value as a ratio.
At last, no other video put this good enough for understanding
Such a simple explanation!
you've honestly got me though my econ degree thank you
Purchase price parity scenarios of various commodities could be one scenario where the coefficient of variation could fit in.
Thanks for the video...excellant presentation and teaching skill.....after taking ur class i think coefficient of variation is more appropriate when decision making is impossible by comparing the sd ie when sd is nearly equal or unit of mean at which sd is computed is different in the comparables....!!!!
Thank you so much! This is so helpful. I have to go over descriptive statistics for a test I’m taking, so it’s awesome you put it into a series:))
If you want to compare temperature fluctuation in Siberia (measured in Celsius) and California (measured in Fahrenheit)
CV can help in comparing fluctuations of 2 different production plants of the same commodity
Great explanation. Really appreciated that, thank you.
I have recently got into the crypto market and studying statistics at same time. An example of application of CV is price variation of different currencies. They range from 0.0...1 - 100000
Challenge question-
one scenario could be measuring the fluctuations in average temperature of earth (dt)
Can we say, CV is helpful when we are comparing a set of apple with a set of oranges? CV would be the measure which gives us the comparable means which are relative to the characteristics of each set.
That's wonderful explanation
Awesome explantion, and so simple to learn
thank you for this valuable lesson
The spread of CV of growth stocks vs value stocks has been widening.
Beautifully explained! Thanks!!
Glad that I found you! Thank you!
Great explanation
Really good video. Very informative!
Can be used to compare any commodity's price across different regions
CHALLENGE QUESTION - SCORING FLUCUTATION FOR NY SPORTS TEAM S/
NFL vs NBA-
TOTAL POINTS SCORED EVERY WEEK(8 DAYS) FOR THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS OF THEIR REGULAR SEASON .
NY -
Teams - NFL NBA
Week 1 - 40 491
Week 2 - 36 421
Week 3 - 51 471
Week 4 - 36 555
Week 5 - 42 381
Mean 41 463.8
Sd 6.16 66.70
CV 0.15 0.14
- COMPARED TO THE NFL, THE NBA PLAYS MORE GAMES AND SCORES MORE POINTS PER GAME
-USING THE STANDARD DEVIATION WILL NOT GIVE AN ACCURATE VIEW OF THE FLUCTUATION IN POINTS SCORED BY EACH TEAM
-WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPORTION OF EACH SAMPLE/DATASET, THE CV CALCULATES A MORE COMPARABLE RESULT
-POINTS SCORED BY THE NFL VARY SLIGHTLY MORE THAN THE NBA
great explanation. thank you.
Amazing video it's so simple and easy to understand thank you so much for videos ❤️
Awesome explanation..
thanks i got clarity to explain to my students
Coefficient of variation must also be used for comparing normal stocks vs penny stocks.
Good Explanation
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Explain me more about autocorrelation and how it can be used ana data analysis
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Very clear. I love it. Thank you so much.
This was super helpful!!! Thankyou so much for this :)
Very good video. I like that you talk slowely ;)
Love your tutorial style!!!
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can i get your opinion though? CV or SD when comparing variance of tree height in different areas?
Great job
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Awesome video
wherever we would want to know the answer to "which data set fluctuates more?" we might use the coefficient of variation.
Great job, really...
Comparing the variability of salaries between two companies:
Suppose you want to compare the variability of salaries between two companies, Company A and Company B. The mean salary at Company A is $50,000, and the SD is $10,000, while the mean salary at Company B is $80,000, and the SD is $20,000. In this case, the SD would suggest that salaries at Company B are more variable, but this could be misleading. The CV would be a more appropriate measure because it would indicate that the relative variability of salaries is actually higher at Company A, where the CV is 20% (SD/mean), compared to Company B where the CV is 25%.
Comparing stock market indices of different countries or thematic indices or sectoral indices of the same countries. We could also compare the fluctuations of different mutual funds since they tend to have different NAVs. Thanks for the nice explanation!
Great video! A very useful tool! thank you keep it up
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Zed also sounds like a radio broadcaster.
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Awesome! By this I presume you mean that you were watching this video on your laptop at a University food court as one of your friends offered you (by way of a humorous play on your Israeli heritage) a small packet of Bamba. Being anaphylactic, this airy peanut snack enjoyed by many Israeli youth would be lethal if you injested it unknowingly. Thankfully, being fully engrossed in this video you fumbled for the packet but it slipped through both your fingers and the exposed grille below the table. Your friend was disappointed that their snack gift went begging, but was utterly remorseful once they discovered that their unwitting snack may have indeed ended your life. Happy to help and happy new year!
School going population between Namibia vs Nigeria. Namibia is sparsely populated and Nigeria is densely populated. The SD and mean is going to be different. But CV is probably going to be the same.
Amazing! Thanks!
Brilliant!!!
In the cases of COVID 19 statistics, would the coefficient variation give us a better idea of how much the disease has spread within a total population, vs the standard deviation, which would not consider how many occurrences are being taken into account and may be skewed by outliers? With coefficient of variation, the number of occurrences is more relative than what the values of data are, themselves?
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Comparing fluctuation of rainfall over years in countries with different climates.
Fantastic video thank you: What varies more temperature or rainfall during the month of July?
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Great video, thank you. Also, i never thought to see my country mentioned in a stat channel xD
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CV would be better for variation in altitude of satellites in low earth orbits and high earth orbits.
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As far as I can understand std deviation is essentially meaningless for a given dataset, the CV helps you make sense of it.
If you're analyzing just one dataset, Std Deviation is very useful considering that it's an addition to the Mean and helps verify if the Mean is misleading. The CV would help as well, but it's an extra step that you won't need to take. The CV helps if you're analyzing two different datasets with different variables. So they're both very useful depending on what you want.