note 93199 added to function.stats-standard-deviation
| From: | MikeFeldman at osu1 dot php dot net | Date: | Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:10:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 93199 added to function.stats-standard-deviation | ||
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The above deviation formula is incorrect. Here's a fixed version.
function deviation ($array){
$avg = average($array);
$variance=0;
foreach ($array as $value) {
$variance+=pow($value-$avg, 2);
}
$deviation = sqrt($variance/(count($array)-1));
return $deviation;
}
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