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itervariance

Compute the unbiased sample variance over all iterated values.

The unbiased sample variance is defined as

$$s^2=\frac{1}{n-1}\sum _{i=0}^{n-1}(x_i-\overline{x}{)}^2$$

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-iter-variance

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Usage

var itervariance = require( '@stdlib/stats-iter-variance' );

itervariance( iterator[, mean] )

Computes the unbiased sample variance over all iterated values.

var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array-to-iterator' );

var arr = array2iterator( [ 2.0, 1.0, 3.0 ] );

var s2 = itervariance( arr );
// returns 1.0

If the mean is already known, provide a mean argument.

var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array-to-iterator' );

var arr = array2iterator( [ 2.0, 1.0, 3.0 ] );

var s2 = itervariance( arr, 2.0 );
// returns ~0.67

Notes

• If an iterated value is non-numeric (including NaN), the returned iterator returns NaN. If non-numeric iterated values are possible, you are advised to provide an iterator which type checks and handles non-numeric values accordingly.

Examples

var runif = require( '@stdlib/random-iter-uniform' );
var itervariance = require( '@stdlib/stats-iter-variance' );

// Create an iterator for generating uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers:
var rand = runif( -10.0, 10.0, {
    'seed': 1234,
    'iter': 100
});

// Compute the unbiased sample variance:
var s2 = itervariance( rand );
// returns <number>

console.log( 'Variance: %d.', s2 );

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See Also

• @stdlib/stats-iter/mean: compute the arithmetic mean over all iterated values.
• @stdlib/stats-iter/stdev: compute the corrected sample standard deviation over all iterated values.

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