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Ratio of Coefficients of Variation for Comparing the Dispersions of Several Independent Populations |
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PP: 223-229 |
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doi:10.18576/jsap/120121
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Author(s) |
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Abbas Bahrampour,
Zeynab Avazzadeh,
Mohamad Reza Mahmoudi,
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Abstract |
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| The coefficient of variation (CV) is an important and useful statistical tool for comparing several populations. In cases where there are multiple populations with different means and variances, the ratio of the coefficients of variation (CVs) is a good way to compare the dispersion of the populations. Because of the possible minor differences between multiple CVs and the lack of a robust interpretation, the ratio of CVs is more accurate than the difference of CVs. When a statistical analysis consists of some simultaneous statistical tests such as equality of several CVs, multiple testing is useful. As an example, the multiple testing about the ratio of CVs is performed to evaluate and compare scale of hand, foot and mouth disease (SHFMD) of 79911 patients between January 2010 and December 2017 in the three Malaysian provinces.
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