From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Joseph Syjuco <joseph@asti.dost.gov.ph>
Cc: postgres <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: variance aggregate function incorrect? Reference Materials
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 12:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200206241616.g5OGGa504236@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1024956806.2590.22.camel@Askr>
Joseph Syjuco wrote:
> hi
> i needed the variance function ... i dont know if i introduced the wrong
> parameters or maybe this variance is not the variance that im looking
> for but it doesnt provide the right results
>
> variance=(nEx^2 - (Ex)^2)/(n(n-1))
> my sql statement
> select variance(answer) from tbl_answer (where answer is of type
> integer)
>
> because of this i need to create my own variance aggregate (unless
> someone enlightens me on whats happening with the variance aggregate) so
> i would like to know if theres anyone who knows a good create aggregate
> tutorial (with samples) ... all i got from google so far is the
> reference from ninthwonder.com
Uh, I tried this:
test=> select variance(relnatts) from pg_class;
variance
---------------
24.4259169884
(1 row)
Not sure if it is the right number or not. Have you tried taking the
square root and see if that number is correct.
The docs say:
The variance is the square of the standard deviation. The
supported data types and result types are the same as for
standard deviation.
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