Question

The mean of a distribution is $14$ and standard deviation is $5$. What is the value of the coefficient of variation?

• A. $57.7\%$
• B. $45.7\%$
• C. $35.7\%$
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$35.7\%$

Coefficient of variation is given by $CV=\frac{SD}{Mean}\times 100$
$\Rightarrow \frac{5}{14}\times 100=35.7\%$