[New-bugs-announce] [issue40290] Add z_score to statistics.NormalDist

[Raymond Hettinger]

New submission from Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com>:

I've had a couple of requests for a z-score method, once to produce an actual z-score for output and another as a way of normalizing gaussian inputs for machine learning.

Proposed:

    >>> iq = NormalDist(100, 15)
    >>> iq.zscore(142)
    2.8

Same result as:

    >>> (142 - iq.mean) / iq.stdev
    2.8

There is some question about whether to name it zscore or z_score.  Numpy uses zscore but numpy tends to scrunch names where we would tend to spell them out or use an underscore for readability.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score

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assignee: rhettinger
components: Library (Lib)
messages: 366484
nosy: rhettinger, steven.daprano
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add z_score to statistics.NormalDist
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.9

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