Computational statistics

Given data that is stored in a list, Array, or Vector, the statistics package can apply computational algorithms to find specific properties such as the average or expected value (the mean), or the standard deviation, etc.

[> with( Statistics ):
[> data := [3.96, 1.93, 0.224, 8.00, 4.28, 8.43, 4.12, 9.96, 3.86, 6.95, 7.73, 7.31]:
[> Mean( data );

$5.56283333333333$

[> StandardDeviation( data );

$2.92428234656372$

You will note that the same commands that determine staticstical characteristics of both discrete and continuous distributions also calculate those same characteristics of finite data sets.