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The stdev calculation is more accurate computing its own mean (#92220)

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Raymond Hettinger 2022-05-03 03:41:46 -05:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -1173,8 +1173,7 @@ def from_samples(cls, data):
"Make a normal distribution instance from sample data."
if not isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
data = list(data)
xbar = fmean(data)
return cls(xbar, stdev(data, xbar))
return cls(mean(data), stdev(data))
def samples(self, n, *, seed=None):
"Generate *n* samples for a given mean and standard deviation."