The Sample Range

In the box below, please enter the sample range of the data given above, then click on the “Check your answer!” button. Please round your answer to the ten-thousandths place.

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The sample range is the difference between the largest and the smallest values. The largest values is also called the maximum; the smallest, the minimum.

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The sample range is the difference between the largest and the smallest values. The largest values is also called the maximum; the smallest, the minimum.

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Copy and paste the following code into your R script window, then run it from there.

In the R output, the sample range is the number output by the script. Note that the R function range calculates the minimum and maximum values. The function diff just takes their difference, which calculates the range as we have defined it.

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Copy and paste the following code into your Excel spreadsheet window, making sure your cursor is in A1 when you paste.

Note that there is no RANGE function in Excel. The only way to calculate the range is to calculate the maximum and minimum values of the sample and take their difference.