#datakit

##About A lightweight library/framework for data analysis in JavaScript.

Check out this blog post on the need for more JavaScript data tools.

##Usage

npm install datakitjs --save

##Documentation & Examples

###Reading, Filtering, & Plotting Data

var dk = require('datakitjs');

//READ A CSV FILE

//file.csv
// COL1,COL2
// val11,val12
// val21,val22

dk.csv('file.csv',function(data){
  console.log(data);
});

//Output:
//[{COL1:val11,COL2:val12},{COL1:val21,COL2:val22}]


//GET A COLUMN FROM AN ARRAY OF ROW OBJECTS
dk.csv('file.csv',function(data){
  var c2 = dk.col(data,'COL2');
  console.log(c2);
});

//Output:
//[val12,val22]

// By default, dk.csv will convert all values to strings. You can convert select
// columns to numbers by passing an array of column names to 'dk.numeric'. 

//file2.csv
// COL1, COL2
// val11, 1
// val21, 2

dk.csv('file2.csv', function(data){
  var d = dk.numeric(data, ['COL2'], 0) // The third parameter value will be filled
  // in to blank cells. Its default value is 0.
  var c2 = dk.col(d, 'COL2');
  console.log(c2);
});

//Output:
//[1,2]


//PLOT ARRAY(S) OF DATA

var x1 = dk.norm(25);
var plot = dk.plot(x1); // x1 will be plotted on the y-axis, index on the x-axis
//dk.plot returns a string of the html used to create the plot.


var labels = dk.seq(1,25);
var x2 = dk.norm(25);
var x3 = dk.norm(25);
dk.plot(labels,x1,x2,x3); //labels on the x-axis, the next three arrays will each be plotted on the y-axis

###Statistical Methods

var dk = require('datakitjs');

//MEAN OF AN ARRAY
dk.mean([1,2,3]); //returns 2

//STANDARD DEVIATION AND VARIANCE OF AN ARRAY
dk.sd([1,2,3]); //returns 1
dk.vari([1,2,3]); //returns 1

//COVARIANCE OF TWO ARRAYS
dk.cov([1,2,3],[3,2,1]); //returns -1

//SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION

var x = [1,2,3];
var y = [2,1,3];

var model = dk.reg(x,y);

// model.f is a function that returns the estimated y for an input x (estimated via standard OLS regression)
// model.f = function(x){
//  return (a + b * x);
// }

// model.pts is an array of the estimated y for each element of x
// model.pts = [1.5,2,2.5];

###Convenience Methods

var dk = require('datakitjs');

//GENERATE AN ARRAY WITH A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS

dk.seq(1,5); //returns [1,2,3,4,5]

dk.seq(0,1,0.25); //returns [0,0.25,0.5,0.75,1]

//GENERATE AN ARRAY WITH REPEATED VALUE

dk.rep(1,5); //returns [1,1,1,1,1]

//CHECK IF NUMBERS ARE CLOSE
dk.isclose(0,Math.pow(10,-15)); //returns true

dk.isclose(0,Math.pow(10,-5)); //returns false

//SUM AN ARRAY OF NUMBERS
//uses Kahan summation

dk.sum([1,2,3]); //returns 6

//PRODUCT OF AN ARRAY OF NUMBERS
//implementation from 'Accurate Floating Point Product' - Stef Graillat

dk.prod([1,2,3]); //returns 6

//MAX AND MIN OF AN ARRAY
var x = [1,2,3];
dk.min(x); //returns 1
dk.max(x); //returns 3

###Random Numbers

var dk = require('datakitjs');

//GET AN ARRAY OF EXPONENTIALLY DISTRIBUTED VALUES

dk.exp(3,1); //returns [ 0.3584189321510761, 1.0466439500242446, 0.08887770301056963 ]


//GET AN ARRAY OF NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED VALUES

dk.norm(3,0,1); //returns [ -1.709768103193772, 0.23530041388459744, 0.4431320382580479 ]

//GET AN ARRAY OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED VALUES

dk.uni(3); //returns [ 0.30658303829841316, 0.1601463456172496, 0.8538850131444633 ]

##Testing

Just run npm test to run the tests.

##Contributing

Additional methods for random number generation, data filtration, convenience functions, and common statistical analyses are welcome additions. Just add tests following the structure in spec/test/testSpec.js.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Nathan Epstein

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