Ian, I encourage you to open an issue <https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/issues/new> on the repo to request the population method. I don't think there's any specific reason one was implemented over the other.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 10:59 PM, ian lutz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > (again ;)) > > Some databases provide two different calcs of stddev (and variance); > > e.g. postgress: > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-aggregate.html > > both sample and pop available, > > Influx appears to use sample rather than population; is there a means by > which this can be changed, will that option exist, to be able to add > stddev_pop? > is there some reasons as to why this has been chosen ? > > > > Thanks!, > Ian > > > > -- > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/da6b1657-d8b7-40e1-b85c-863327ed77c6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/da6b1657-d8b7-40e1-b85c-863327ed77c6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvOGDg89thCXNjsVGJhrYWrmx9Kpp%2BNV4HTuy52Wv4PfEg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
