Chapter 24

Advance Descriptive Statistics

Abstract

SQL added descriptive stats to Standard SQL. This makes more elaborate reporting possible.

Keywords

SQL:2006

ALL

DISTINCT

CORR

Correlation coefficient

COVAR_POP

Population covariance

COVAR_SAMP

Sample covariance

Covariance

CUME_DIST

DISTINCT

PERCENTILE_CONT

PERCENTILE_DISC

Population

Population variance

REGR_AVGX

Average of independent variable

REGR_AVGY

Average of dependent variable

REGR_COUNT

REGR_INTERCEPT

y-intercept

REGR_R2

Square of correlation coefficient

REGR_SLOPE

Slope of least-squares-fit linear equation

REGR_SXX

Sum of squares of independent variable expression

REGR_SXY

Sum of products

REGR_SYY

Sum of squares of dependent variable expression

STDDEV_POP

Population standard deviation ...

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