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PopnStdDev

Return Population standard deviation

Declaration

Source position: math.pp line 523

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: array of Single

):Float;

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: PSingle;

  const N: Integer

):Float;

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: array of Double

):Float;

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: PDouble;

  const N: Integer

):Float;

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: array of Extended

):Float;

function PopnStdDev(

  const data: PExtended;

  const N: Integer

):Float;

Description

Popnstddev returns the square root of the population variance of the values in the Data array. It returns zero if there is only one value.

The second form of this function accepts a pointer to an array of N values.

Errors

None.

See also

popnvariance

  

Return population variance

mean

  

Return mean value of array

meanandstddev

  

Return mean and standard deviation of array

stddev

  

Return standard deviation of data

momentskewkurtosis

  

Return 4 first moments of distribution

Example

Program Example35;

{ Program to demonstrate the PopnStdDev function. }
{ @ should return typed pointer }
{$T+}

Uses Math;

Type
  TExArray = Array[1..100] of Float;

Var
  I : Integer;
  ExArray : TExArray;

begin
  Randomize;
  for I:=low(ExArray) to high(ExArray) do
    ExArray[i]:=(Random-Random)*100;
  Writeln('Max              : ',MaxValue(ExArray):8:4);
  Writeln('Min              : ',MinValue(ExArray):8:4);
  Writeln('Pop. stddev.     : ',PopnStdDev(ExArray):8:4);
  Writeln('Pop. stddev. (b) : ',PopnStdDev(@ExArray[1],100):8:4);
end.

Documentation generated on: Jun 22 2020