Re: Add xicorr(X, Y): support for the xi (ξ) correlation coefficient by Chatterjee
Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
From: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
To: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Cc: Florents Tselai <florents.tselai@gmail.com>,
pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-09-08T09:03:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 8 Sep 2025, at 12:20, Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote: > > However, even if those issues were addressed, my feeling is that this > is too specialised to be considered for inclusion in core. The fact > that it exists in Scipy and not a core python module is a hint at > that. There are a lot of other Scipy stat functions, the vast majority > of which aren't included in core Postgres. Kind of +1. IMO, it's better to have Spearman and Kendal coefficients before original research from 2019. I don't see anything wrong with having all them in core eventually, cost of maintaining settled math tools must not be too high. Best regards, Andrey Borodin.