[Numpy-tickets] [NumPy] #388: Doc error for std in http://scipy.org/Numpy_Example_List#std

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#388: Doc error for std in http://scipy.org/Numpy_Example_List#std
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 According to the example in http://scipy.org/Numpy_Example_List#std,
 array.std() uses an N-1 normalization
 (and that's what the example shows).  With numpy-1.0 on my machine:

 In [22]: a = array([1., 2., 7.])

 In [23]: a.std()
 Out[23]: 2.62466929134

 In [24]: sqrt(((1.-a.mean())**2 + (2.-a.mean())**2 + (7.-a.mean())**2)/3)
 Out[24]: 2.6246692913372702

 In [25]: sqrt(((1.-a.mean())**2 + (2.-a.mean())**2 + (7.-a.mean())**2)/2)
 Out[25]: 3.214550253664318 <-- That's the result in the example

 Please fix the docs.

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