noun
Technical term in computing and statistics for the degree of spread or dispersion of data. The glosses 'irrelevance' and 'prevarication' are likely erroneous or extremely rare; the primary meaning is 'spread'.
散布度はデータのばらつきを示す指標です。
Spread is an indicator that shows the dispersion of data.
このアルゴリズムでは散布度を計算して外れ値を検出します。
This algorithm detects outliers by calculating the spread.
ばらつき is a common, non-technical word for 'variation' or 'scatter', whereas 散布度 is a technical term used in computing and statistics.
Compound of 散布 (さんぷ, 'scatter, spread') and 度 (ど, 'degree'). The term is a technical coinage for 'degree of spread'.