Re: Import data from other file formats and Histogram question

[Ben Pfaff]

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Erik Frebold <address@hidden> writes:

> 2. Re: Histogram-- I was puzzled as to why this function would
> assign only six bins to an n=1000 dataset. Upon investigation,
> looks like the number of bins is assigned by gsl, right? (which
> I assume would use something suitable like Sturges' formula,
> though I wasn't able to find the actual stretch of code) So is
> it likely just that the pspp part of the process might not be
> quite ready for primetime yet? No problem if this is the case--
> I can use matplotlib or similar for now.

I took a look at this.  PSPP always uses exactly 11 bins for
every histogram!  This seems less than optimal.

I pushed out a commit that uses Sturges' formula, with a minimum
of 5 buckets.
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Ben Pfaff 
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