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Hostetter > Priority: Major > Attachments: SOLR-11725.patch, SOLR-11725.patch, SOLR-11725.patch > > > While working on some equivalence tests/demonstrations for > {{facet.pivot+stats.field}} vs {{json.facet}} I noticed that the {{stddev}} > calculations done between the two code paths can be measurably different, and > realized this is due to them using very different code... > * {{json.facet=foo:stddev(foo)}} > ** {{StddevAgg.java}} > ** {{Math.sqrt((sumSq/count)-Math.pow(sum/count, 2))}} > * {{stats.field=\{!stddev=true\}foo}} > ** {{StatsValuesFactory.java}} > ** {{Math.sqrt(((count * sumOfSquares) - (sum * sum)) / (count * (count - > 1.0D)))}} > Since I"m not really a math guy, I consulting with a bunch of smart math/stat > nerds I know online to help me sanity check if these equations (some how) > reduced to eachother (In which case the discrepancies I was seeing in my > results might have just been due to the order of intermediate operation > execution & floating point rounding differences). > They confirmed that the two bits of code are _not_ equivalent to each other, > and explained that the code JSON Faceting is using is equivalent to the > "Uncorrected sample stddev" formula, while StatsComponent's code is > equivalent to the the "Corrected sample stddev" formula... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation#Uncorrected_sample_standard_deviation > When I told them that stuff like this is why no one likes mathematicians and > pressed them to explain which one was the "most canonical" (or "most > generally applicable" or "best") definition of stddev, I was told that: > # This is something statisticians frequently disagree on > # Practically speaking the diff between the calculations doesn't tend to > differ significantly when count is "very large" > # _"Corrected sample stddev" is more appropriate when comparing two > distributions_ > Given that: > * the primary usage of computing the stddev of a field/function against a > Solr result set (or against a sub-set of results defined by a facet > constraint) is probably to compare that distribution to a different Solr > result set (or to compare N sub-sets of results defined by N facet > constraints) > * the size of the sets of documents (values) can be relatively small when > computing stats over facet constraint sub-sets > ...it seems like {{StddevAgg.java}} should be updated to use the "Corrected > sample stddev" equation. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lucene.apache.org