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Statistics

Category

Transformation

Function

Computes statistical characteristics of a field or list.

Syntax


mean, sd, var, min, max = Statistics(data);

Inputs
Name Type Default Description
data field or value list none data set used in statistical computations

Outputs
Name Type Description
mean scalar the mean
sd scalar the standard deviation
var scalar the variance
min scalar minimum value
max scalar maximum value

Functional Details

This module finds the mean, standard deviation, variance, minimum, and maximum of the value list, or the "data" component if a field is input.

data

specifies the field or list of values on which the module performs statistical computations.

For vector fields, the computations are based on the magnitude of the vector. For matrices, the computations are based on the determinant of the matrix.

Example Visual Program

AlternateVisualizations.net

See Also

 Compute,  Histogram


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