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# scipy.stats.circstd

`scipy.stats.``circstd`(samples, high=6.283185307179586, low=0, axis=None)

  Compute the circular standard deviation for samples assumed to be in the range [low to high].

  Parameters: | samples : array_like Input array. low : float or int, optional Low boundary for circular standard deviation range. Default is 0. high : float or int, optional High boundary for circular standard deviation range. Default is `2*pi`. axis : int, optional Axis along which standard deviations are computed. The default is to compute the standard deviation of the flattened array.
  Returns: | circstd : float Circular standard deviation.

  Notes

  This uses a definition of circular standard deviation that in the limit of small angles returns a number close to the ‘linear’ standard deviation.