[Python-Dev] Re: Accumulation module (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Tue Jan 20 10:39:18 EST 2004

James Kew wrote:

"Raymond Hettinger" <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote in message news:00cf01c3da0e$b3a2e3e0$6e02a044 at oemcomputer...

I'm working a module with some accumulation/reduction/statistical formulas:

average(iterable) "Average" is a notoriously vague word. Prefer "mean" -- which opens the door for "median" and "mode" to join the party. I could have used a stats module a few months ago -- feels like a bit of an omission from the standard library, especially compared against the richness of the random module.

If this basic statistics module makes it into the standard library, perhaps the associated module docs could point to some of the more 'full-featured' statistical packages that are out there?

Regards, Nick.

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