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Basic Analysis using Ravel

Data analysis can be done using the features of a Ravel alone. As well as enabling the selection of display of different segments of multidimensional data, you can perform basic data analysis by collapsing the axes of a Ravel and applying various aggregations:

  1. Summing an axis;
  2. Multiplying axis elements by each other;
  3. Extracting the maximum or minimum values along an axis;
  4. Calculating the average along an axis;
  5. Calculating the standard deviation of an axis; and
More advanced analysis can be performed by attaching the output of a Ravel to a variable (preferably via a Lock, so that the contents of the variable are unaffected by any subsequent manipulations of the Ravel), and analysing it using Ravel's mathematical operators. For more details see Operations.