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. 2020 Sep 2;20(9):1. doi: 10.1167/jov.20.9.1

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Name Definition
Range Distance between minimal and maximal value
The 10th percentile Value at the tenth percentile of the distribution
The 90th percentile Value at the ninetieth percentile of the distribution
Interquartile range Distance between first and third quartile
Absolute mean deviation Standard deviation
Energy Functions of distances between observations based on Newtonian statistics
Root mean square Square root of the mean square
Entropy Measure of uncertainty within a sample
Uniformity The extent to which a sample conforms to a uniform distribution
Mean Arithmetic mean
Variance Squared standard deviation divided by the sum of squares
Skew Measure of asymmetry compared with gaussian distribution
Kurtosis Measure of asymmetry compared with gaussian distribution