easystats 0.0.1 → 0.0.2

data/README

@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 Gem Name: Easystats
 Gem Author: Matthew Grigajtis (http://www.matthewgrigajtis.com)
-Description: Provides easy to use statistical function 
+Description: Provides easy to use statistical functions 
+
+Functions Provided:
+sum(x)
+Parameters: Takes in an array of numbers
+Returns: The sum of the numbers in the array
+
+mean(x)
+Parameters: Takes in an array of numbers
+Returns: The mean (average) of the numbers in the array
+
+standard_deviation(x)
+Parameters: Takes in an array of numbers
+Returns: The standard deviation of the numbers in the array
+
+median(x)
+Paramaters: Takes in an array of numbers
+Returns: The median of the numbers in the array
 
 Example usage:
 
@@ -14,6 +31,7 @@ myNumbers = [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42]
 # Create a new Easystats Object
 m = Easystats.new
 
+puts "Sum: " + m.sum(myNumbers).to_s
 puts "Average: " + m.mean(myNumbers).to_s
 puts "Standard Deviation: " + m.standard_deviation(myNumbers).to_s
-
+puts "Median: " + m.median(myNumbers).to_s

data/lib/easystats/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Easystats
-  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+  VERSION = "0.0.2"
 end

data/lib/easystats.rb

@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ class Easystats
 
   end
 
-  # take in an array of numbers and calculate the mean (average)
-  def mean(data)
+  # take in an array of numbers and calculate the sum
+  def sum(data)
     sum_of_numbers = 0
 
     data.each do |num|
       sum_of_numbers += num
     end
 
-    sum_of_numbers / data.count
+    sum_of_numbers
+  end
+
+  # take in an array of numbers and calculate the mean (average)
+  def mean(data)
+    self.sum(data) / data.count
   end
 
   # take in an array of numbers and calculate the standard deviation
@@ -30,5 +35,32 @@ class Easystats
 
     Math::sqrt(sum_of_deviations / (data.count-1))
   end
+
+  # take in the array of numbers and calculate the median
+  def median(data)
+    halfway = data.count / 2
+
+    # Sort the array
+    data = data.sort
+
+    # The median will be different based on the number of numbers in the array
+    # If there is an even number in the array
+    if(data.count % 2) == 0
+      median = (data[halfway] + data[halfway-1]) / 2.0
+
+    # Else, there is an odd number in the array
+    else
+      median = data[halfway]
+    end
+
+    median
+  end
+
+  # take in an array of numbers and calculate the range
+  def range(data)
+    # Sort the array
+    data = data.sort
+    data[data.count-1] - data[0]
+  end
 end
 

metadata

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 0
-  - 1
-  version: 0.0.1
+  - 2
+  version: 0.0.2
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Matthew Grigajtis