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Spread Deviation Example (C#)

[C#]
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// Get namespaces.
using System;
using Simplexar.Statsar;

// Start namespace.
namespace Simplexar.Examples.Statsar
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example uses the statistics calculator to perform spread
    /// and deviation statistics on a data sheet (e.g. variance and
    /// standard deviation).
    /// </summary>
    public static class Example
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The application entry point.
        /// </summary>
        public static void Main()
        {
            try
            {
                RunExample();
            }
            catch(Exception exception)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(exception);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to terminate.");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void RunExample()
        {
            // Create a calculator.
            StatsCalculator calculator = new StatsCalculator();
                       
            // Use the calculator to load the sheet.
            DataSheet sheet = calculator.Load(
                @"..\..\..\..\..\Data\ExamResults.csv");
            Console.WriteLine(sheet);

            // Calculate spread and deviation statistics for
            // the math result column.
            Console.WriteLine("Coefficient of variation: {0}",
                calculator.CoefficientOfVariation("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Mean deviation: {0}",
                calculator.MeanDeviation("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Median deviation: {0}",
                calculator.MedianDeviation("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Root mean square: {0}",
                calculator.RootMeanSquare("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Variance: {0}",
                calculator.Variance("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Standard deviation: {0}",
                calculator.StandardDeviation("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Standard error: {0}",
                calculator.StandardError("MathResult"));

            Console.WriteLine("Sum square deviation: {0}",
                calculator.SumSquareDeviation("MathResult"));
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
}