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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION Fair Value Assumptions (Details) shares in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016 yr shares | Apr. 30, 2015 yr | Apr. 30, 2016 yr shares | Apr. 30, 2015 yr
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |  |  |  |
Stock options granted | shares | 0 |  | 0 |
ESPP plan purchase price (in hundredths) | 85.00% | 85.00% |  |
Stock Options |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |  |  |  |
Weighted average risk-free interest rate (in hundredths) | 0.00% | 1.50% | 0.00% | 1.70%
Dividend yield | 0.00% | 1.00% | 0.00% | 1.00%
Weighted average volatility (in hundredths) | 0.00% | 29.00% | 0.00% | 28.00%
Expected life (in years) |  | 5 years 6 months |  | 5 years 6 months
Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility |  | 5.5 |  | 5.5
LTPP |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award |  |  |  |
Volatility of Agilent shares (in hundredths) | 24.00% | 25.00% | 24.00% | 25.00%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares minimum (in hundredths) | 14.00% | 12.00% | 14.00% | 12.00%
Volatility of selected peer-company shares maximum (in hundredths) | 50.00% | 57.00% | 50.00% | 57.00%
Price-wise correlation with selected peers (in hundredths) | 35.00% | 37.00% | 35.00% | 37.00%
Number of years of peer groups historical stock price volatility used to determine volatility | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3

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- Definition The measure of the percentage amount of share price correlation during the period with a selected group of peer companies. Pair-wise correlations with selected peers is calculated as the correlation between each pair and the sum of correlations divided by the number of pairs to produce the average correlation between each pair. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The measure of the percentage amount by which a share price fluctuates during a period for peer companies - maximum range. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The measure of the percentage amount by which a share price fluctuates during a period for peer companies - minimum range. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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