Assertion: dispersion | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: in heterogeneous catalysis
type: LOCATION
value: especially
type: DEGREE
value: in social and political research
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In many ways, measures of central tendency are less useful in statistical analysis than measures of dispersion of values around the central tendency The dispersion of values within variables is especially important in social and political research because: Dispersion or "variation" in observations is what we seek to explain.
text: Dispersion is an important concept in heterogeneous catalysis, since only atoms that are exposed to the surface are able to play a role in catalytic surface reactions.