Variability Explained

Variability is how spread out or closely clustered a set of data is.

Variability may refer to:

Biology

• Genetic variability, a measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary from one another
• Heart rate variability, a physiological phenomenon where the time interval between heart beats varies
• Human variability, the range of possible values for any measurable characteristic, physical or mental, of human beings

Other sciences

• Climate variability, changes in the components of Earth's climate system and their interactions
• Spatial variability, when a quantity that is measured at different spatial locations exhibits values that differ across the locations
• Statistical variability, a measure of dispersion in statistics

See also

• Variability hypothesis, nineteenth century hypothesis that males have a greater range of ability than females
• Variable (disambiguation)
• Variable renewable energy, a renewable energy source of a fluctuating nature
• Variance, a specific measure of statistical dispersion
• Variation (disambiguation)