Descriptive statistics: comparisons in JavaScript, Python, SQL, R, and Excel | Observable | Observable
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Allison Horst
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Paul Buffa
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Paul Buffa
Mar 3, 2023
Yeah, lets not worry about seasonality index. That's going to be hard to show in a one liner for other langs
Allison Horst
Mar 3, 2023
👍 sounds good
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Paul Buffa
Mar 3, 2023
Maybe add count if, sum if? Conditional rollups? Those are very popular in Excel
Allison Horst
Mar 3, 2023
yeah good idea, added
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Descriptive statistics: comparisons in JavaScript, Python, SQL, R, and Excel | Observable | Observable