[Numpy-discussion] Computing Simple Statistics When Only they Frequency Distribution is Known

[Wayne Watson]

How would I do that?

Anne Archibald wrote:
> 2009/11/28 Wayne Watson <sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net>:
>   
>> I was only illustrating a way that I would not consider, since the
>> hardware has already created the pdf. I've already coded it pretty much
>> as you have suggested. As I think I mention ed above, I'm a bit
>> surprised numpy doesn't provide the code you suggest as part of some
>> function. CalcSimplefromPDF(xvalues=mydatarray, avg=ture, minmax=true,
>> ...).
>>     
>
> Feel free to submit an implementation to numpy's issue tracker. I
> suggest modifying mean, std, and var (at least) so that, like average,
> they take an array of weights.
>
> Anne
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