Simple Statistics

A JavaScript implementation of descriptive, regression, and inference statistics.

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Implemented in literate JavaScript with no dependencies, designed to work in all modern browsers (including IE) as well as in node.js.

Installation

  • I’m using Node.js, Webpack, Browserify, Rollup, or another module bundler, and install packages from npm.
    • First, install the simple-statistics module, using npm install simple-statistics, then include the code with require or import:
    • I use the require function to use modules in my project. (most likely)
      • When you use require, you have the freedom to assign the module to any variable name you want, but you need to specify the module’s name exactly: in this case, ‘simple-statistics’. The require method returns an object with all of the module’s methods attached to it.
        var ss = require('simple-statistics')
    • I use import to use modules in my project. I’m probably using Babel, @std/esm, Webpack, or Rollup.
      • Import all functions under the ss object:
        import * as ss from 'simple-statistics'
        Include a specific named export:
        import {min} from 'simple-statistics'
        Simple statistics has only named exports for ES6.
  • I’m using Deno.
  • I’m not using a module bundler. I’m writing a web page, and want to include simple-statistics using a script tag.
    • I want to support all browsers
      • When you use simple-statistics from a script tag, you don’t get to choose the variable name it is assigned to: simple-statistics will always become available globally as the variable ss. You can reassign this variable to another name if you want to, but doing so is optional.
        <script src='https://unpkg.com/simple-statistics@7.8.2/dist/simple-statistics.min.js'>
        </script>
    • I want to use ES6 modules in a browser and I’m willing to only support new browsers to do it
      • This module works great with the ?module query parameter of unpkg. If you specify type='module' in your script tag, you’ll be able to import simple-statistics directly - through index.js and with true ES6 import syntax and behavior.
        <script type='module'>
        import {min} from "https://unpkg.com/simple-statistics@7.8.2/index.js?module"
        console.log(min([1, 2, 3]))
        </script>
        This feature is still experimental in unpkg and very bleeding-edge.