Werk #5465: Fixed calculation of standard deviation.
Component | Livestatus |
Title | Fixed calculation of standard deviation. |
Date | Nov 24, 2017 |
Checkmk Edition | Checkmk Raw (CRE) |
Checkmk Version | 1.5.0i2 |
Level | Trivial Change |
Class | Bug Fix |
Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed |
Note: This fixes only a slightly esoteric feature, namely "Stats: std ..." headers. Normal users are not affected, only those using this header via self-written scripts.
Livestatus incorrectly used a bias correction when calculating the standard deviation. For more mathematical background see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel%27s_correction http://mathworld.wolfram.com/StandardDeviation.html