Weighted Data Binning [wbin]
WBIN(X,Y,E,DX) returns the weighted mean of the elements in Y within a
bin of size DX.
X,Y,E are row or column vectors with an equal number of elements.
DX is a scalar which specifies the desired binning interval.
Input X,Y,E,DX must not contain NaN values!
E is a vector which contains the error (one sigma standard deviation)
of the elements in Y. The elements are assumed to be uncorrelated and
elements in E should be Gaussian distributed.
The weighting scheme thus assumes the standard formular: W = 1./E.^2;
Output XB,YB,EB,NE are column vectors containing binned positions,
weighted binned data points, error on weighted binned data points
(one sigma standard deviation) and number of elements used to calculate
the respective weighted binned data point.
Examples
1. Weighted bin of linear data + random distributed noise.
X = 1:1000;
E = randn(1, 1000);
Y = X + E;
DX = 10;
wbin(X,Y,E,DX);
2. Weighted bin with an equal number of elements used to calculate bin.
X = linspace(0,60,10001);
E = randn(1, numel(X));
Y = X + E;
DX = 6;
wbin(X, Y, E, DX);
Cite As
Michael Lindholm Nielsen (2024). Weighted Data Binning [wbin] (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34509-weighted-data-binning-wbin), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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- MATLAB > Language Fundamentals > Data Types > Time Series >
- MATLAB > Data Import and Analysis > Descriptive Statistics >
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Inspired by: wmean
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1.12.0.0 | (1) Implemented stronger condition on binning interval.
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1.11.0.0 | (1) Corrected weak condition on NaN error checking.
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1.9.0.0 | (1) Changed while loop to for loop due to performance issues.
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1.4.0.0 | (1) Corrected Binning Interval to: X <= X(1) + DX
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1.3.0.0 | (1) Corrected Binning Interval to: X <= X(1) + DX
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1.1.0.0 | Checks if X,Y,Z or DX contains NaN values. |
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