estimate_sd: Estimate standard deviation from mean, min, and max

In dustinfife/bluepill:

Description

Estimate standard deviation from mean, min, and max

Usage

estimate_sd(mean, min, max, num_sds = 3)

Arguments

mean	The mean
min	The minimum
max	The standard deviation
num_sds	Number of standard deviations before reaching min/max

Examples

# estimate sd when a distribution has a mean of 10, min of 5, max of 10.
# this will use 3 stanard deivations to cover the range
estimate_sd(10, 5, 15)
# this will use 2 stanard deivations to cover the range
estimate_sd(10, 5, 15, 2)

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