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scipy.stats.mstats.variation¶
- scipy.stats.mstats.variation(a, axis=0)[source]¶
Computes the coefficient of variation, the ratio of the biased standard deviation to the mean.
Parameters: a : array_like
Input array.
axis : int or None, optional
Axis along which to calculate the coefficient of variation. Default is 0. If None, compute over the whole array a.
Returns: variation : ndarray
The calculated variation along the requested axis.
Notes
For more details about variation, see stats.variation.