Unevenness or variation (e.g., in quality); lack of uniformity; inconsistency.
製品の品質にばらつきがあり、検査工程を見直す必要がある。
There is variation in product quality, so we need to review the inspection process.
クラス間で成績のばらつきが大きい。
There's a large variation in grades between classes.
データにばらつきが見られるため、追加のサンプルを取った。
Because there was scatter in the data, we took additional samples.
In statistics, the dispersion or scatter of data — how much values spread around the mean (related to variance, standard deviation, etc.).
この調査では、各群のばらつきを比較して有意差を検定した。
In this study we compared the dispersion of each group and tested for significance.
ばらつきを小さくするために工程を標準化した。
We standardized the process to reduce variability.
測定値のばらつきを示すために誤差棒をグラフに描く。
To show the variability of measurements, error bars are drawn on the graph.