SnDispersion

SnDispersion[list]

gives the statistic of the elements in list.

SnDispersion[list,c]

gives the statistic with scaling factor c.

Details and Options

  • SnDispersion is a robust measure of dispersion.
  • SnDispersion is a rank-based estimator with its statistic based on absolute pairwise differences. The statistic does not require location estimation.
  • For the list {x1,x2,…,xn}, the value of estimator is given by the median of {zi,1≤i≤n} multiplied by a scaling factor c, where zi is the median of {xi– xj,1≤j≤n} over j.
  • When c is not specified, a positive scaling factor c* that satisfies is applied to make statistic a consistent estimator of the scale parameter for normally distributed data. Also, a finite sample correction is used by default to make the estimator unbiased for small samples.
  • SnDispersion[{{x1,y1,…},{x2,y2,…},…}] gives {SnDispersion[{x1,x2,…}],SnDispersion[{y1,y2,…}],…}.
  • SnDispersion supports a Method option. The following explicit settings can be specified:
  • "FiniteSample"uses finite sample correction (default)
    "None"no correction
  • The option Method is ignored if the scaling factor c is specified in the input.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

SnDispersion of a list:

SnDispersion of columns of a matrix:

SnDispersion of a list with scaling factor 1:

SnDispersion of a list of dates:

Scope  (8)

Exact input yields exact output when the scaling factor is exact:

SnDispersion with different scaling parameters:

SnDispersion for a matrix gives a columnwise estimate:

SnDispersion of a large array:

Find the SnDispersion of a TimeSeries:

SnDispersion depends only on the values:

SnDispersion works with data involving quantities:

Compute SnDispersion of dates:

Compute SnDispersion of times:

List of times with different time zone specifications:

Options  (1)

Method  (1)

Finite sample correction is applied as default:

Without small sample correction:

Applications  (6)

Obtain a robust estimate of dispersion when extreme values are present:

Sample standard deviation is heavily influenced by extreme values:

Identify periods of high volatility in stock data using a five-year moving dispersion:

Compute dispersion for slices of a collection of paths of a random process:

Choose a few slice times:

Plot dispersion over these paths:

Find the dispersion of the heights for the children in a class:

Plot the dispersion with respect to the median:

Consider data from standard normal distribution with outliers modeled by another normal distribution with large spread:

Test the data against standard normal distribution:

Compute the dispersion:

Remove outliers by selecting data points that are within three times the dispersion from the sample median:

Test the new data against standard normal distribution:

Generate data from a Student t distribution:

Compute the dispersion of the data with three measures: standard deviation, square root of trimmed variance and dispersion:

Assess the accuracy of these three dispersion estimators via bootstrapping:

estimator gives the smallest spread with the given data:

Properties & Relations  (2)

SnDispersion is a rank-based dispersion estimator with its statistic based on pairwise absolute differences:

Compute the low median of high medians using RankedMin:

Compare with SnDispersion with scaling factor equal to 1:

QnDispersion, SnDispersion and StandardDeviation are estimators of the scale parameter of NormalDistribution:

Assess the accuracy of the estimators via bootstrapping:

Compute the relative efficiencies with respect to StandardDeviation using the estimated results:

Wolfram Research (2017), SnDispersion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html (updated 2024).

Text

Wolfram Research (2017), SnDispersion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html (updated 2024).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2017. "SnDispersion." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2024. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2017). SnDispersion. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_sndispersion, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SnDispersion}", year="2024", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_sndispersion, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SnDispersion}, year={2024}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SnDispersion.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}