<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi ncl-talk</div><div><br></div><div>Is the "stat_dispersion" ncl function suppose to output fill in values for stats 3 to 28 if the population or sample size is less then 10? </div><div><br></div><div>Here is an output from "stat_dispersion" function where the sample "b" size is 8</div><div><br></div><div><div>Variable: b</div><div>Type: float</div><div>Total Size: 32 bytes</div><div> 8 values</div><div>Number of Dimensions: 1</div><div>Dimensions and sizes:<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[ncl_join | 8] ; I had joined 8 files trends with "addfiles" function</div><div>Coordinates:</div><div>Number Of Attributes: 0</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-8.627946</div><div>(1)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-1.777657</div><div>(2)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-0.09471972</div><div>(3)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0.05206749</div><div>(4)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-1.341161</div><div>(5)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-2.990715</div><div>(6)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-0.3975176</div><div>(7)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span>0.4604226</div><div>(0)</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> ===> Robust Dispersion Statistics <===</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [0] Mean=-1.83965</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [1] StdDev=8.80739</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [2] Min=9.96921e+36 </div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [3] LowDec=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [4] LowOct=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [5] LowSex=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [6] LowQuartile=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [7] LowTri=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [8] Median=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [9] HighTri=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [10] HighQuartile=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [11] HighSex=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [12] HighOct=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [13] HighDec=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [14] Max=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [15] Range=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [16] Dispersion=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [17] RMS Anomaly=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [18] # Total=8</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [19] # Used=8</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [20] # Missing=0</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [21] % Missing=0</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [22] Lower 0.1%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [23] Lower 1.0%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [24] Lower 5.0%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [25] Upper 5.0%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [26] Upper 1.0%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [27] Upper 0.1%=9.96921e+36</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [28] Skewness=-1.37234</div><div>(0)<span class="" style="white-space:pre"> </span> [29] Kurtosis=0.512403</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What do you think?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time and assistance,</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff"><i>Rainer Luptowitz</i></font><div><font color="#0000ff"><i>Grad Student </i></font><div><font color="#0000ff"><i>Dept Earth Sciences</i></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><i>UC Riverside</i></font></div><div><a href="mailto:rlupt001@ucr.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><i>rlupt001@ucr.edu</i></font></a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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