Stats 5.1.3. Measures of Variation
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4. Coded data
The variance for coded and uncoded data is the same! Just think simply.
The formulae look like a lot but if you look at the last formula, it basically means that variation of coded and uncoded data is the same, calculated in the same way. No need to ‘re-convert’ at the end.