<p>The <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/72937/what-is-the-statistical-efficiency-of-l-moments">thread</a> that uses <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/dispersion" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;dispersion&#39;" rel="tag">dispersion</a> (x 1) is meaning the bullet number #1:</p>

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  <p>Measures of spread of a distribution or set of values (e.g. the sd, the interquartile range).</p>
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<p>In my opinion, we already have a tag which covers bullet #2: <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/epidemiology" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;epidemiology&#39;" rel="tag">epidemiology</a> (x 109). I am considering the topic diseases/infection (can't think of a different concrete example for this).</p>

<p>Its excerpt says:</p>

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  <p>Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and spread of disease or illness at the population level.</p>
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<p>It also has a nice <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/tags/epidemiology/info">tag wiki</a>.</p>

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<strong>Proposal</strong></p>

<p>Change the current <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/dispersion" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;dispersion&#39;" rel="tag">dispersion</a> tag excerpt from:</p>

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  <p>Dispersion can refer to at least two things 1) It is a general term for how spread apart values are; 2) It is a term for how fast something spreads through a network</p>
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<p>to something in the below lines;</p>

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  <p>It is a general term for how spread apart values are. For questions related to disease spread/dispersion content, use the tag epidemiology.</p>
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<p>In case another example appears, than we could consider a new tag to it or to adapt the situation to an existing tag (if any). Then, the <code>dispersion</code> excerpt would be:</p>

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  <p>It is a general term for how spread apart values are. For questions related to disease spread/dispersion content, use the tag epidemiology. For other meanings of dispersion consider using a related tag or creating a new one.</p>
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