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cv

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

cv (list)
cv(matrix)

Description

The variation coefficient is the quotient between the sample standard deviation (std) and the mean,

(%i1) load (descriptive)$
(%i2) load (numericalio)$
(%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$
(%i4) cv (s1), numer;
(%o4)                   .6193977819764815
(%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
(%i6) cv (s2);
(%o6) [.4192426091090204, .3829365309260502, 0.363779605385983,
                            .3627381836021478, .3346021393989506]

See also functions and .

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