Thomas Nelson wrote: > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I couldn't find a good summary through > google. What kinds of statistical analysis tools exist in python?
The third hit for "python statistics" is a good overview of what's available: http://www.astro.cornell.edu/staff/loredo/statpy/ > I > really just need t-tests, chi-squared test, and other such tests of > statistical significance. A few things point to numpy and scipy, but I > was surprised to find the documentation for numpy is not freely > available, So? The web page does give an overview of what numpy has, and the sample chapters go into more depth. > and I thought it would be wise to ask here before I download > it and start hunting through the source code for what I want. Is numpy > the best option for my simple needs? numpy tries to be an array package, not a stats package and thus has nothing for statistical tests. However, scipy has plenty of stats functionality going well beyond what you've specify. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list