databet 2023.1.2

datasets with the same summary statistics that look like the alphabet

The databet

This repo contains 27 datasets: 26 of these resemble the letters of the alphabet, the 27th is a star:

For each of the datasets (to 2 decimal places):

• The mean of the x-values is 0.50
• The mean of the y-values is 0.52
• The standard deviation of the x-values is 0.17
• The standard deviation of the y-values is 0.18
• The correlation coefficient is 0.16

You can read more about these datasets at mscroggs.co.uk/blog/101.

Databet Python package

Installing with pip

If you want to experiment with these datasets using Python, you can install the databet package by running:

pip install databet

Alternatively, you can install databet directly from this repo by running:

pip install git+https://github.com/mscroggs/databet

Using the databet package

Once you've installed the databet Python package, you can load a letter or create a plot of a letter using the load_letter and plot_letter functions:

import databet

a = databet.load_letter("A")

databet.plot_letter("B", "b.png")

You can also plot words using the plot_word function:

import databet

databet.plot_word("DATABET", "databet.png")