plotting_positions

plotting_positions(n, method='weibull', alpha=None)

Empirical plotting positions for a sample of size n.

Computes (i - alpha) / (n + 1 - 2 * alpha) for i = 1..n.

Parameters

Name Type Description Default
n int Sample size. required
method ('weibull', 'median', 'blom', 'cunnane', 'gringorten', 'hazen') Named plotting-position formula (alpha of 0, 0.3175, 0.375, 0.4, 0.44, 0.5 respectively). Ignored when alpha is given. "weibull"
alpha float Explicit plotting-position parameter in [0, 0.5]. None

Returns

Name Type Description
numpy.ndarray n non-exceedance probabilities for the ordered sample.