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| author | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-03-07 08:54:31 -0800 |
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| committer | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-03-07 08:54:31 -0800 |
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NormalDist.overlap() only needs one example (GH-12218)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst index 157500ed4b..9aa83331ee 100644 --- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst +++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst @@ -553,23 +553,10 @@ of applications in statistics. Compute the `overlapping coefficient (OVL) <http://www.iceaaonline.com/ready/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/MM-9-Presentation-Meet-the-Overlapping-Coefficient-A-Measure-for-Elevator-Speeches.pdf>`_ - between two normal distributions. - - Measures the agreement between two normal probability distributions. - Returns a value between 0.0 and 1.0 giving the overlapping area for - two probability density functions. - - In this `example from John M. Linacre - <https://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt101r.htm>`_ about 80% of each - distribution overlaps the other: - - .. doctest:: - - >>> N1 = NormalDist(2.4, 1.6) - >>> N2 = NormalDist(3.2, 2.0) - >>> ovl = N1.overlap(N2) - >>> f'{ovl * 100.0 :.1f}%' - '80.4%' + between two normal distributions, giving a measure of agreement. + Returns a value between 0.0 and 1.0 giving `the overlapping area for + two probability density functions + <https://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt101r.htm>`_. Instances of :class:`NormalDist` support addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by a constant. These operations |