Statistical functions: Standard Deviation

   
 
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;

namespace Subtext.Framework.Util
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Statistical functions
    /// </summary>
    public static class Statistics
    {

        public static double StandardDeviation<TValue>(this IEnumerable<TValue> values, out double mean)
        {
            var converted = new List<double>();
            foreach(TValue value in values)
            {
                converted.Add(Convert.ToDouble(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
            }
            return StandardDeviation(converted, out mean);
        }
    }
}