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6 Statistics::Basic::Covariance - find the covariance between two lists
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9 Invoke it this way:
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11 my $covariance = covariance( [1,2,3], [1,2,3] );
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15 my $v1 = vector(1,2,3);
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19 And then either query the values or print them like so:
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21 print "The covariance between $v1 and $v2: $covariance\n";
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25 Create a 20 point "moving" covariance like so:
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27 use Statistics::Basic qw(:all nofill);
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29 my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select col1,col2 from data where something");
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34 $sth->execute or die $dbh->errstr;
35 $sth->bind_columns( my ($lhs, $rhs) ) or die $dbh->errstr;
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54 Create a new Statistics::Basic::Covariance object. This function
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60 Return the Statistics::Basic::Vector for the first vector.
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78 Paul Miller "<jettero@cpan.org>"
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81 Copyright 2012 Paul Miller -- Licensed under the LGPL
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89perl v5.28.1 2012-01-23 Statistics::Basic::Covariance(3)