scipy.stats.relfreq

scipy.stats.relfreq(a, numbins=10, defaultreallimits=None, weights=None)

Returns a relative frequency histogram, using the histogram function.

Parameters:

a : array_like

Input array.

numbins : int, optional

The number of bins to use for the histogram. Default is 10.

defaultreallimits : tuple (lower, upper), optional

The lower and upper values for the range of the histogram. If no value is given, a range slightly larger than the range of the values in a is used. Specifically (a.min() - s, a.max() + s), where s = (1/2)(a.max() - a.min()) / (numbins - 1).

weights : array_like, optional

The weights for each value in a. Default is None, which gives each value a weight of 1.0

Returns:

relfreq : ndarray

Binned values of relative frequency.

lowerreallimit : float

Lower real limit

binsize : float

Width of each bin.

extrapoints : int

Extra points.

Examples

>>> import scipy.stats as stats
>>> a = np.array([1, 4, 2, 1, 3, 1])
>>> relfreqs, lowlim, binsize, extrapoints = stats.relfreq(a, numbins=4)
>>> relfreqs
array([ 0.5       ,  0.16666667,  0.16666667,  0.16666667])
>>> np.sum(relfreqs)  # relative frequencies should add up to 1
0.99999999999999989