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      1 /**
      2 * @license Apache-2.0
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     18 
     19 'use strict';
     20 
     21 // MAIN //
     22 
     23 /**
     24 * Computes the variance of a strided array using a one-pass algorithm proposed by Youngs and Cramer.
     25 *
     26 * ## Method
     27 *
     28 * -   This implementation uses a one-pass algorithm, as proposed by Youngs and Cramer (1971).
     29 *
     30 * ## References
     31 *
     32 * -   Youngs, Edward A., and Elliot M. Cramer. 1971. "Some Results Relevant to Choice of Sum and Sum-of-Product Algorithms." _Technometrics_ 13 (3): 657–65. doi:[10.1080/00401706.1971.10488826](https://doi.org/10.1080/00401706.1971.10488826).
     33 *
     34 * @param {PositiveInteger} N - number of indexed elements
     35 * @param {number} correction - degrees of freedom adjustment
     36 * @param {NumericArray} x - input array
     37 * @param {integer} stride - stride length
     38 * @returns {number} variance
     39 *
     40 * @example
     41 * var x = [ 1.0, -2.0, 2.0 ];
     42 *
     43 * var v = varianceyc( x.length, 1, x, 1 );
     44 * // returns ~4.3333
     45 */
     46 function varianceyc( N, correction, x, stride ) {
     47 	var sum;
     48 	var ix;
     49 	var S;
     50 	var v;
     51 	var d;
     52 	var n;
     53 	var i;
     54 
     55 	n = N - correction;
     56 	if ( N <= 0 || n <= 0.0 ) {
     57 		return NaN;
     58 	}
     59 	if ( N === 1 || stride === 0 ) {
     60 		return 0.0;
     61 	}
     62 	if ( stride < 0 ) {
     63 		ix = (1-N) * stride;
     64 	} else {
     65 		ix = 0;
     66 	}
     67 	sum = x[ ix ];
     68 	ix += stride;
     69 	S = 0.0;
     70 	for ( i = 2; i <= N; i++ ) {
     71 		v = x[ ix ];
     72 		sum += v;
     73 		d = (i*v) - sum;
     74 		S += (1.0/(i*(i-1))) * d * d;
     75 		ix += stride;
     76 	}
     77 	return S / n;
     78 }
     79 
     80 
     81 // EXPORTS //
     82 
     83 module.exports = varianceyc;