Best library for basic stats

[Travis E. Oliphant]

MKoool wrote:
> Is there any decent library for basic stats?  I am just looking for the
> basics, like quartiles, median, standard deviation, mean, min, max,
> regression, etc.
> 
> I was going to use SciPy, but I use Python 2.4, and it seems to be
> supported primarily for 2.3...
> 
> What other statistical packages have any level of public support at
> this point?
> 
> thanks


I would definitely look at SciPy.  It works fine with Python 2.4.  The 
new scipy_core has basic stats (mean, min, max, standard deviation) 
built in as methods to the array object.

A new scipy_core release will be made in a few days.  But, you can get 
started with the release already available.   Look for the download link 
at http://numeric.scipy.org

For *much* more stats look at full scipy (you can just check out the 
stats sub-package if you want).   The full scipy can be checked out of 
SVN anonymously (or browsed through the web) at

http://svn.scipy.org/svn/scipy/trunk

-Travis Oliphant