Normal distribution standard deviation.
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> [Normal][normal-distribution] distribution [standard deviation][standard-deviation].
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-normal-stdev
`javascript`
var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-normal-stdev' );
#### stdev( mu, sigma )
Returns the [standard deviation][standard-deviation] for a [normal][normal-distribution] distribution with parameters mu (mean) and sigma (standard deviation).
`javascript
var y = stdev( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns 1.0
y = stdev( -1.0, 4.0 );
// returns 4.0
`
If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.
`javascript
var y = stdev( NaN, 1.0 );
// returns NaN
y = stdev( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN
`
If provided sigma <= 0, the function returns NaN.
`javascript
var y = stdev( 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns NaN
y = stdev( 0.0, -1.0 );
// returns NaN
`
`javascript
var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-normal-stdev' );
var opts = {
'dtype': 'float64'
};
var sigma = uniform( 10, 0.0, 20.0, opts );
var mu = uniform( 10, -5.0, 5.0, opts );
logEachMap( 'µ: %0.4f, σ: %0.4f, SD(X;µ,σ): %0.4f', mu, sigma, stdev );
`
*
`c`
#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/normal/stdev.h"
#### stdlib_base_dists_normal_stdev( mu, sigma )
Evaluates the standard deviation for a normal distribution with mean mu and standard deviation sigma.
`c`
double out = stdlib_base_dists_normal_stdev( 0.0, 1.0 );
// returns 1.0
The function accepts the following arguments:
- mu: [in] double mean.[in] double
- sigma: standard deviation.
`c`
double stdlib_base_dists_normal_stdev( const double mu, const double sigma );
`c
#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/normal/stdev.h"
#include
#include
static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
return min + ( v*(max-min) );
}
int main( void ) {
double mu;
double sigma;
double y;
int i;
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
mu = random_uniform( -5.0, 5.0 );
sigma = random_uniform( 0.1, 20.0 );
y = stdlib_base_dists_normal_stdev( mu, sigma );
printf( "µ: %.4f, σ: %.4f, SD(X;µ,σ): %.4f\n", mu, sigma, y );
}
}
`
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