Using range to identify outliers The range is the difference between the highest and lowest values within a set of numbers. … To find the variance in a data set, subtract each number from the mean, and then square the result. Find the average of these squared differences, and that is the variance in the group.

What does range mean in writing?

By Mark Nichol. A range is, in written expression, the numerical difference between or among two or more values, or a pair of elements denoting the end points on, and perhaps one or more elements along, a continuum.

What words mean range?

• boundary.
• bounds.
• compass.
• extension.
• range.
• scope.
• space.
• sphere.