latimes-calculate

Some simple math we use to do journalism

Getting started

Install the latest package from pypi.

$ pip install latimes-calculate

Note

For most functions, there are no additional requirements. The exception is the small number of geospatial functions, which require GeoDjango.

Documentation

• Basic functions
  • Adjusted-monthly value
  • Age
  • At percentile
  • Benford’s Law
  • Competition rank
  • Date range
  • Decile
  • Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization Index
  • Equal-sized breakpoints
  • Margin of victory
  • Mean (Average)
  • Median
  • Mode
  • Ordinal rank
  • Pearson’s r
  • Per capita
  • Per square mile
  • Percentage
  • Percentage change
  • Percentile
  • Range
  • Split at breakpoints
  • Standard deviation
  • Summary statistics
  • Variation coefficient
• Geospatial functions
  • Mean center
  • Nudge points
  • Random point
  • Standard-deviation distance

Contributing

• Code repository: https://github.com/datadesk/latimes-calculate
• Issues: https://github.com/datadesk/latimes-calculate/issues
• Packaging: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/latimes-calculate
• Testing: https://travis-ci.org/datadesk/latimes-calculate
• Coverage: https://coveralls.io/r/datadesk/latimes-calculate