11.6.5. astroML.stats.median_sigmaG

astroML.stats.median_sigmaG(a, axis=None, overwrite_input=False, keepdims=False)

Compute median and rank-based estimate of the standard deviation

Parameters

aarray_like

Array containing numbers whose mean is desired. If a is not an array, a conversion is attempted.

axisint, optional

Axis along which the means are computed. The default is to compute the mean of the flattened array.

overwrite_inputbool, optional

If True, then allow use of memory of input array a for calculations. The input array will be modified by the call to median. This will save memory when you do not need to preserve the contents of the input array. Treat the input as undefined, but it will probably be fully or partially sorted. Default is False. Note that, if overwrite_input is True and the input is not already an array, an error will be raised.

keepdimsbool, optional

If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the original arr.

Returns

medianndarray, see dtype parameter above

array containing the median values

sigmaGndarray, see dtype parameter above.

array containing the robust estimator of the standard deviation

See also

mean_sigma

non-robust version of this calculation

sigmaG

robust rank-based estimate of standard deviation

Notes

This routine uses a single call to np.percentile to find the quartiles along the given axis, and uses these to compute the median and sigmaG:

median = q50 sigmaG = (q75 - q25) * 0.7413

where 0.7413 ~ 1 / (2 sqrt(2) erf^-1(0.5))

11.6.4. astroML.stats.sigmaG 11.6.6. astroML.stats.mean_sigma