From: David MacMahon <davidm@...>
Date: 2014-09-13T17:27:38-07:00
Subject: [ruby-core:65025] Re: [ruby-trunk - Feature #10228] Statistics	module

The Ruby/GSL gem provides a Ruby interface to GSL which provides a great deal of statistical functionality and much more besides.  Maybe that would meet your needs?

On Sep 13, 2014, at 3:56 PM, shevegen@gmail.com wrote:

> Issue #10228 has been updated by Robert A. Heiler.
> 
> 
> I concur that statistics would be useful.
> 
> For bioinformatics I am forced to use R (http://www.r-project.org/) right now.
> 
> Hopefully I can one day replace all of why I have to use R with Ruby (I guess the
> biggest problem are not the routines/methods or algorithms but actually those 
> plotting options).
> 
> A gem can showcase what can be done with statistics addon.
> 
> A require line could then be:
> 
>  require 'math/statistics'
> 
> or just
> 
>  require 'statistics'
> 
> MS Excel / Libreoffice have quite a lot of standard statistic functions.
> AVG() or AVEDEV() or AVERAGEA() and so forth.
> 
> Just giving a bit feedback, don't take me too seriously. :)
> 
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> Feature #10228: Statistics module
> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10228#change-48891
> 
> * Author: gogo tanaka
> * Status: Feedback
> * Priority: Normal
> * Assignee: 
> * Category: 
> * Target version: 
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> I'm gonna implement some features related with statistics to `Math` module now.
> 
> Like that  -> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10225
> 
> But I am afraid that `Math` module becomes too complex and suppose such a feature should be apart from `Math` module's responsibility.
> 
> So I'd like to propose Ruby provides Statistics module. (There are plenty of room for discussion.)
> 
> As you know, python3.4 has already started to provide `Statistics` module as Standard Library.
> (However these are not enough, I am impressed and think that is awesome trying.)
> 
> I want `Statistics` module which has the features of python's `Statistics` module and some functions related with numerical analysis.
> 
> It should be helpful to make people we couldn't reach so far have interest in Ruby.
> 
> And it is important to provide as "core or standard library".
> 
> But I know there are so many reasons we should not do that, so I want to hear your opinion.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
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