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# a measure of location, or Central Tendency , such as the Arithmetic Mean , Median , Mode , or Interquartile Mean
# a measure of Statistical Dispersion like the Standard Deviation , Variance , Range , or Interquartile Range , or Absolute Deviation .
# a measure of the shape of the distribution like Skewness or Kurtosis

The Gini Coefficient was originally developed to measure income inequality, but can be used for other purposes as well.


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Descriptive Statistics , Statistical Theory