On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Wayne Watson <sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > How do I compute avg, std dev, min, max and other simple stats if I only > know the frequency distribution?
If you are willing to assign to all observations in a bin the value at the bin midpoint, then you could do it with weights in the statistics calculations. However, numpy.average is, I think, the only statistic that takes weights. min max are independent of weight, but std and var need to be calculated indirectly. If you need more stats with weights, then the attachment in http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/ticket/604 is a good start. Josef > > -- > Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) > > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 > Make the number famous. See 350.org > The major event has passed, but keep the number alive. > > Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> > > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
