RE: Mean/Median

try this

float salary[100];  

/* populate the host array */  

EXEC SQL EXECUTE
  DECLARE
    TYPE NumTabTyp IS TABLE OF REAL

        INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
    median_salary REAL;
    n BINARY_INTEGER;
...
  FUNCTION median (num_tab NumTabTyp, n INTEGER)     RETURN REAL IS
  BEGIN

• compute median END; BEGIN n := 100; median_salary := median(:salary, n); ... END; END-EXEC; ...

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 3:36 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

No,

Median := avg(Max,Min)

 does not work (not for 'even', nor for 'odd' numbers of samples).

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
Perceptron, Inc.
(734)414-4627
ineyman_at_perceptron.com   

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:35 PM

> Oops, this only works for *even* numbers of samples....geez....
>
> || -----Original Message-----
> || From: Mohan, Ross
> || Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:28 PM
> || To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
> || Subject: RE: Mean/Median
> ||
> ||
> || geez louise,
> ||
> || Median := avg(Max,Min)
> ||
> || || -----Original Message-----
> || || From: Pat Hildebrand [mailto:pat_at_ssc.upenn.edu]
> || || Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:56 PM
> || || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> || || Subject: Re: Mean/Median
> || ||
> || ||
> || ||
> || || >
> || || > Any scripts (sql or pl/sql) out there to compute various
> || || statistical things
> || || > in Oracle?
> || || >
> || ||
> || || Would depend on just what you are looking for. A quick look at
> || || Oracle's SQL functions showed avg, st. deviation, and variance
> || || although no median but that should be easier to write than
> || || some of the
> || || others.
> || ||
> || || Pat
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