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Path: garcon!uxc!tank!uwvax!umn-d-ub!nic.MR.NET!indri!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!gatech!rutgers!joyce!zodiac!warhol!stuart
From: stuart@warhol.ADS.COM (Stuart Crawford)
Newsgroups: sci.math.stat
Subject: Re: standard deviation formula
Message-ID: <7278@zodiac.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 18:00:13 GMT
Sender: news@zodiac.UUCP
Reply-To: stuart@ads.com (Stuart Crawford)
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300
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-> I am in need of the standard deviation formula and a definition of the
-> different symbols. Also, if anyone has a C program that calculates the
-> standard deviation, either you can post it or mail it to:
For a superb treatment of this subject, refer to:
"Algorithms for Computing the Sample Variance: Analysis & Recommendations"
Chan, Golub & LeVeque
The American Statistician, Aug. 1983, Vol. 37 No.3
But whatever you do, *don't* use the cookbook formulae that introductory
stat books provide... refer to the article for details.
Stuart Crawford
Advanced Decision Systems
stuart@ads.com
- Stuart