<div dir="ltr"><div>We should also decide between `mean` and `average`. I vote for `mean`.</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some resources:<br class=""><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean</a></span><br>

</div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average</a><div><span dir="ltr" id=":1bz" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14089/what-is-the-difference-between-mean-value-and-average" style="color:rgb(0,101,204)">http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14089/what-is-the-difference-between-mean-value-and-average</a></span><br>

</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Glynn Clements <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com" target="_blank">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>

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Markus Neteler wrote:<br>
<br>
> we have the confusing situation of naming the same statistic in different ways:<br>
><br>
> r.series | r.statistics2 | t.rast.aggregate.* | t.vect.what.strds<br>
> ...<br>
>     method   Aggregate operation<br>
>              options: average,count,median,mode,minimum,min_raster,maximum,<br>
>                       max_raster,stddev,range,sum,variance,diversity,slope,<br>
>                       offset,detcoeff,tvalue,quart1,quart3,perc90,quantile,<br>
>                       skewness,kurtosis<br>
><br>
> r.in.lidar | r.in.xyz | r3.in.xyz | r.statistics<br>
>      method   Statistic to use for raster values<br>
>                options: n,min,max,range,sum,mean,stddev,variance,coeff_var,<br>
>                         median,percentile,skewness,trimmean<br>
>                default: mean<br>
><br>
> I would suggest to streamline this (and personally opt for the<br>
> r.series way of naming the methods; e.g., the "n" is easily<br>
> overlooked, the "count" less so).<br>
> Also the order might be revisited and standardized...?<br>
<br>
</div>I suggest standardising on unabbreviated names. I'll look into using<br>
the option-matching code for option values as well as names.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Glynn Clements <<a href="mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com">glynn@gclements.plus.com</a>><br>
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