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Some simple math we use to do journalism.
- Documentation: http://latimes-calculate.rtfd.org
- Issues: https://github.com/datadesk/latimes-calculate/issues
- Packaging: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/latimes-calculate
- Testing: https://travis-ci.org/datadesk/latimes-calculate
- Coverage: https://coveralls.io/r/datadesk/latimes-calculate
Features
- Descriptive statistics like mean, median, percentile, mode, range, standard deviation
- Comparison statistics like percentage change, per-capita, per square mile, percentiles, deciles and rankings
- Geospatial stats like mean center and standard deviation distance
- A small dab of more complicated hoohah like Pearson’s R
- A grabbag of utilities for a diversity index, Benford’s Law, ages, margin of victory, date rates, making break points, generating random points and other things
Dependencies
For most functions, nothing. GeoDjango and its dependencies are required for a small number of the geospatial functions, though the rest of the module will work if it is not installed.
Getting started
Install from PyPI
$ pip install latimes-calculate
Experiment in Python shell
>>> import calculate
>>> calculate.percentage_change(100, 150)
50.0