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Edward Capriolo commented on HIVE-3455: --------------------------------------- I think your data file must be in error. {noformat} FROM ( select inline ( array( struct(1,2), struct(2,4), struct(3,6) ) ) as (x,y) from dummy limit 3 ) b select corr(b.x,b.y) OK 0.9999999999999999 Time taken: 9.436 seconds {noformat} and {noformat} hive> FROM ( > > select inline ( array( struct(1,3), struct(2,2), struct(3,1) ) ) as (x,y) from dummy limit 3 > > ) b select corr(b.x,b.y) ; Mapred Local Task Succeeded . Convert the Join into MapJoin OK -0.9999999999999999 Time taken: 10.842 seconds {noformat} Looks good compared to. http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/databases/sql/9780596155322/ansi-sql-aggregate-functions/id3490390 Please re-open if I am wrong. > ANSI CORR(X,Y) is incorrect > --------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-3455 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3455 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: UDF > Affects Versions: 0.7.1, 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.9.0, 0.10.0 > Reporter: Maxim Bolotin > > A simple test with 2 collinear vectors returns a wrong result. > The problem is the merge of variances, file: > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/udf/generic/GenericUDAFCorrelation.java?revision=1157222&view=markup > lines: > 347: myagg.xvar += xvarB + (xavgA-xavgB) * (xavgA-xavgB) * myagg.count; > 348: myagg.yvar += yvarB + (yavgA-yavgB) * (yavgA-yavgB) * myagg.count; > the correct merge should be like this: > 347: myagg.xvar += xvarB+(xavgA - xavgB)*(xavgA-xavgB)/myagg.count*nA*nB; > 348: myagg.yvar += yvarB+(yavgA - yavgB)*(yavgA-yavgB)/myagg.count*nA*nB; -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira