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Application, difficulty 2 of 3

Relative pay dispersion by department

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Using base_salary_sar in the salaries dataset, calculate the coefficient of variation (sample SD ÷ mean, in percent) for the Finance and the Human Resources departments. Give both to 1 decimal place.

Data: salaries · Open in the lab to explore and calculate.