In Horizontal Analysis If an Item Has a Negative Amount

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In horizontal analysis if an item has a negative amount in the base year and a positive amount in the following year no percentage change for that item can be computed.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the spread or dispersion of a set of data points in a population from its mean value; it represents the square root of the variance of the population.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by summing them and dividing by the count of numbers.

Sample Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a sample, used as a measure of variability.

Outlier

A data point that differs significantly from other observations and can potentially skew results.