{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n# Descriptive Statistics\n\nNumpy offers many statistical functions, but if you want to obtain several\nstatistical variables from the same array, it's necessary to process the data\nseveral times to calculate the various parameters. This example shows how to use\nthe DescriptiveStatistics class to obtain several statistical variables with a\nsingle calculation. Also, the calculation algorithm is incremental and is more\nnumerically stable.\n\n
P\u00e9bay, P., Terriberry, T.B., Kolla, H. et al.\n Numerically stable, scalable formulas for parallel and online\n computation of higher-order multivariate central moments\n with arbitrary weights.\n Comput Stat 31, 1305\u20131325,\n 2016,\n https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-015-0637-z