.. _stats:

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Astrostatistics Tools (`astropy.stats`)
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Introduction
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The `astropy.stats` package holds statistical functions or algorithms used
in astronomy and astropy.

Getting Started
===============

The current tools are fairly self-contained, and include relevant examples in
their docstrings.


See Also
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* :mod:`scipy.stats`
    This scipy package contains a variety of useful statistical functions and
    classes.  The functionality in `astropy.stats` is intended to supplement
    this, *not* replace it.

* :func:`astropy.visualization.hist`
    The :func:`~astropy.stats.histogram` routine and related functionality
    defined here are used within the :func:`astropy.visualization.hist`
    function. For a discussion of these methods for determining histogram
    binnings, see :ref:`astropy-visualization-hist`.


Reference/API
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.. automodapi:: astropy.stats