Calculating Standard Deviation
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numero = 62752
interpreted = N
texte = I needed to do this for one of my hobby sites, so I thought I would share. Good if you have a scoring or ratings system on your site.[!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][search db=math.db&neRATINGdatarq=[blank]][text show=F]numscores=[numfound][/text][founditems]Rating [index]=[text show=T]num[index]=[rating][/text]
[/founditems]Total: [text show=T]total=[sum field=rating][/text]
[/search]Avg: [text show=T]avg=[math][total]/[numscores][/math][/text]
[loop start=1&end=[numscores]][text show=f]dev[index]=[math]([Interpret][num[index]][/Interpret]-[avg])*-1[/math][/text][/loop][table name=sdev&fields=sku,sdevnum][loop start=1&end=[numscores]]sdev[index][math][Interpret][dev[index]][/Interpret]*[Interpret][dev[index]][/Interpret][/math][/loop][/table][search table=sdev&neskudatarq=[blank]][text show=f]devsum=[sum field=sdevnum][/text]
[/search][text show=f]ass=[math][devsum]/([numscores]-1)[/math][/text]Standard Deviation =[format .2f][math]sqrt([ass])[/math][/format]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I needed to do this for one of my hobby sites, so I thought I would share. Good if you have a scoring or ratings system on your site.[!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][!][/!][search db=math.db&neRATINGdatarq=[blank]][text show=F]numscores=[numfound][/text][founditems]Rating [index]=[text show=T]num[index]=[rating][/text]
[/founditems]Total: [text show=T]total=[sum field=rating][/text]
[/search]Avg: [text show=T]avg=[math][total]/[numscores][/math][/text]
[loop start=1&end=[numscores]][text show=f]dev[index]=[math]([interpret][num[index]][/Interpret]-[avg])*-1[/math][/text][/loop][table name=sdev&fields=sku,sdevnum][loop start=1&end=[numscores]]sdev[index][math][interpret][dev[index]][/Interpret]*[interpret][dev[index]][/Interpret][/math][/loop][/table][search table=sdev&neskudatarq=[blank]][text show=f]devsum=[sum field=sdevnum][/text]
[/search][text show=f]ass=[math][devsum]/([numscores]-1)[/math][/text]Standard Deviation =[format .2f][math]sqrt([ass])[/math][/format]-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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