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authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2021-05-04 18:27:28 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-05-04 18:27:28 (GMT)
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Fix inconsistent fsum vs sum and fmean vs mean (GH-25898)
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/statistics.py b/Lib/statistics.py
index 673a162..edb11c8 100644
--- a/Lib/statistics.py
+++ b/Lib/statistics.py
@@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ def covariance(x, y, /):
raise StatisticsError('covariance requires that both inputs have same number of data points')
if n < 2:
raise StatisticsError('covariance requires at least two data points')
- xbar = mean(x)
- ybar = mean(y)
+ xbar = fmean(x)
+ ybar = fmean(y)
total = fsum((xi - xbar) * (yi - ybar) for xi, yi in zip(x, y))
return total / (n - 1)
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ def linear_regression(regressor, dependent_variable, /):
slope = covariance(regressor, dependent_variable) / variance(regressor)
except ZeroDivisionError:
raise StatisticsError('regressor is constant')
- intercept = mean(dependent_variable) - slope * mean(regressor)
+ intercept = fmean(dependent_variable) - slope * fmean(regressor)
return LinearRegression(intercept=intercept, slope=slope)