stdevp( ) appears to be mislabeled

[Mike Elzinga]

(05-29-2016 06:00 PM)parisse Wrote:  Well, I seriously think stddevs could also be confusing, perhaps not for you but for someone else, while stddevpfroms is not, it's not that large (on the Prime, you will probably get it from the catalog or with help completion and on Xcas you have tab completion). Moreover stddevp will remain a natural short synonym, at least in Xcas.

I am not as concerned about the name; only about what the function or command actually does.

In that regard, I have always advised students to check and be sure they understand what a calculation is actually doing despite what the function name or its help documentation says. Once they understand that, then the name is not as important.

I am well aware of the fact that naming standards are hard to maintain in a fast-changing tecnological world; especially with technology that is introduced to an international community. Documentation for nearly everything seems to lag these days. Too much to do and too little time.