dl_list_pop_standard_deviation
In statistics, the standard deviation (SD) (represented by the Greek letter sigma, σ) is a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean (also called the expected value) of the set, while a high standard deviation indicates that the data points are spread out over a wider range of values.
$$\sigma{x}=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma{x^2}-n\bar{x}^2}{n}} \qquad \small \Sigma{x^2}=x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2 \qquad \bar{x}=\frac{\Sigma{x}}{n} \qquad \Sigma{x}=x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n$$
- ds_list_pop_standard_deviation(list)
- Returns the population standard deviation for values in a list.
COPY/// @func ds_list_pop_standard_deviation(list)
///
/// @desc Returns the population standard deviation for values in a list.
///
/// @param {list} list list data structure
///
/// @return {real} population standard deviation
///
/// GMLscripts.com/license
function ds_list_pop_standard_deviation(list)
{
var n = ds_list_size(list);
if (n == 0) return undefined;
var avg = 0;
var sum = 0;
for (var i=0; i<n; i++) avg += ds_list_find_value(list, i);
avg /= n;
for (var i=0; i<n; i++) sum += sqr(ds_list_find_value(list, i) - avg);
return sqrt(sum / n);
}
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