<s>
In	O
descriptive	B-General_Concept
statistics	I-General_Concept
,	O
range	O
is	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
smallest	O
interval	O
which	O
contains	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
provides	O
an	O
indication	O
of	O
statistical	O
dispersion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
range	O
is	O
a	O
specific	O
example	O
of	O
order	B-General_Concept
statistics	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
range	O
is	O
a	O
linear	O
function	O
of	O
order	B-General_Concept
statistics	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
brings	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
L-estimation	O
.	O
</s>
