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<h1 class="epydoc">Package Statistics</h1><p class="nomargin-top"></p>
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      Kurtosis (fourth normalized moment)</td>
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      Mean (average value, first moment)</td>
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      Calculate the moments of the distribution corresponding to a set of 
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">average</span>(<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
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  <p>Mean (average value, first moment)</p>
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  <p>Calculates the correlation coefficient between two data sequences</p>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">kurtosis</span>(<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
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  <p>Kurtosis (fourth normalized moment)</p>
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        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">mean</span>(<span class="sig-arg">data</span>)</span>
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  <p>Mean (average value, first moment)</p>
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    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
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        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
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  <p>Median</p>
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        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">moment</span>(<span class="sig-arg">data</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">order</span>,
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        <span class="sig-arg">theoretical</span>=<span class="sig-default">1</span>)</span>
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  <p>Calculate the moments of the distribution corresponding to a set of 
  data</p>
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    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>Numeric.array</code> of numbers) - a sequence of data points</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>order</code></strong> (<code>int</code>) - the order of the moment to be calculated</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>about</code></strong> (number) - the center of the distribution. If <code>None</code>, use the 
          mean value as the center.</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>theoretical</code></strong> - for internal use</li>
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    <dt>Returns: number</dt>
        <dd>the moment of the given order about the specified center</dd>
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  <p>Calculate the normalized moments of the distribution corresponding to 
  a set of data. Normalization means division by the n-th power of the 
  standard deviation.</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>Numeric.array</code> of numbers) - a sequence of data points</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>order</code></strong> (<code>int</code>) - the order of the moment to be calculated</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns: number</dt>
        <dd>the normalized moment of the given order</dd>
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  <p>Skewness (third normalized moment)</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns: number</dt>
        <dd>the skewness of the number sequence</dd>
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  <p>Standard deviation</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns: number</dt>
        <dd>the standard deviation of the number sequence</dd>
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  <p>Variance (second moment)</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of numbers</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns: number</dt>
        <dd>the variance of the number sequence</dd>
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  <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">weightedMean</span>(<span class="sig-arg">data</span>,
        <span class="sig-arg">sigma</span>)</span>
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  <p>Weighted mean of a sequence of numbers with given standard 
  deviations</p>
  <dl class="fields">
    <dt>Parameters:</dt>
    <dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of measurements</li>
        <li><strong class="pname"><code>sigma</code></strong> (<code>list</code> or <code>Numeric.array</code>) - a sequence of corresponding standard deviations</li>
    </ul></dd>
    <dt>Returns: <code>tuple</code> of two elements</dt>
        <dd>the weighted mean and corresponding standard deviation</dd>
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