postgresql/contrib/statmath/README.statmath

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Statistical aggregate functions for PostgreSQL.
This module provides some aggregate functions for statistical
mathematics. A new datatype holding two double precision
floating point values is required by them.
The aggregates are:
average(float8) average value computed by
n
___
_ 1 \
x = --- > x
n /__ i
i=1
variance(float8 variance computed by
n
___
2 1 \ _ 2
s = --- > (x - x)
n-1 /__ i
i=1
stddev(float8) standard deviation computed by
_____
/ 2
s = / s
\/
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Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>