We should also decide between `mean` and `average`. I vote for `mean`. Here are some resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14089/what-is-the-difference-between-mean-value-and-average
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Glynn Clements <[email protected]>wrote: > > Markus Neteler wrote: > > > we have the confusing situation of naming the same statistic in > different ways: > > > > r.series | r.statistics2 | t.rast.aggregate.* | t.vect.what.strds > > ... > > method Aggregate operation > > options: > average,count,median,mode,minimum,min_raster,maximum, > > > max_raster,stddev,range,sum,variance,diversity,slope, > > > offset,detcoeff,tvalue,quart1,quart3,perc90,quantile, > > skewness,kurtosis > > > > r.in.lidar | r.in.xyz | r3.in.xyz | r.statistics > > method Statistic to use for raster values > > options: > n,min,max,range,sum,mean,stddev,variance,coeff_var, > > median,percentile,skewness,trimmean > > default: mean > > > > I would suggest to streamline this (and personally opt for the > > r.series way of naming the methods; e.g., the "n" is easily > > overlooked, the "count" less so). > > Also the order might be revisited and standardized...? > > I suggest standardising on unabbreviated names. I'll look into using > the option-matching code for option values as well as names. > > -- > Glynn Clements <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >
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