Re: [Numpy-discussion] varu and stdu

2008-04-07 Thread Kevin Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I know I'm off topic and maybe a day late, but I'm pained by the naming of ddof. It is simply not intuitive for anyone other than the person who thought it up (and from my recollection, maybe not even for him).For one, most stats folk use 'df' as the abbreviation for 'degrees of freedom'. Sec

Re: [Numpy-discussion] varu and stdu

2008-04-07 Thread Pierre GM
Anne, Travis, I have no problem to get rid of varu and stdu in MaskedArray: they were introduced for my own convenience, and they're indeed outdated with the introduction of the ddof parameters. I'll get rid of them next time I post something on the SVN.