On 17 Jan 2006, at 20:32, Rob Cowie wrote: >>> Matthew >>> ps: given the "batteries included" philosphy, there's a >>> remarkable dearth >>> of stats in python... > >> I think Chi^2 tests fall distinctly in the "third-party library" >> category, >myself. > > I don't know... I've often thought the Standard Library should include > a stats package.
Coming from the scientific community I agree. A relatively shallow selection of standard statistical methods would be very useful to avoid requiring people to install a relatively large external package (e.g. scipy) for a few simple stats methods. cheers, Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
