[[search-aggregations-matrix-stats-aggregation]]
=== Matrix stats aggregation
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<titleabbrev>Matrix stats</titleabbrev>
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The `matrix_stats` aggregation is a numeric aggregation that computes the following statistics over a set of document fields:

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`count`:: Number of per field samples included in the calculation.
`mean`:: The average value for each field.
`variance`:: Per field Measurement for how spread out the samples are from the mean.
`skewness`:: Per field measurement quantifying the asymmetric distribution around the mean.
`kurtosis`:: Per field measurement quantifying the shape of the distribution.
`covariance`:: A matrix that quantitatively describes how changes in one field are associated with another.
`correlation`:: The covariance matrix scaled to a range of -1 to 1, inclusive. Describes the relationship between field
            distributions.

IMPORTANT: Unlike other metric aggregations, the `matrix_stats` aggregation does
not support scripting.

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[source,js]
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PUT /statistics/_doc/0
{"poverty": 24.0, "income": 50000.0}

PUT /statistics/_doc/1
{"poverty": 13.0, "income": 95687.0}

PUT /statistics/_doc/2
{"poverty": 69.0, "income": 7890.0}

POST /_refresh
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// NOTCONSOLE
// TESTSETUP

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The following example demonstrates the use of matrix stats to describe the relationship between income and poverty.

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "aggs": {
    "statistics": {
      "matrix_stats": {
        "fields": [ "poverty", "income" ]
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TEST[s/_search/_search\?filter_path=aggregations/]

The aggregation type is `matrix_stats` and the `fields` setting defines the set of fields (as an array) for computing
the statistics. The above request returns the following response:

[source,console-result]
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{
  ...
  "aggregations": {
    "statistics": {
      "doc_count": 50,
      "fields": [ {
          "name": "income",
          "count": 50,
          "mean": 51985.1,
          "variance": 7.383377037755103E7,
          "skewness": 0.5595114003506483,
          "kurtosis": 2.5692365287787124,
          "covariance": {
            "income": 7.383377037755103E7,
            "poverty": -21093.65836734694
          },
          "correlation": {
            "income": 1.0,
            "poverty": -0.8352655256272504
          }
        }, {
          "name": "poverty",
          "count": 50,
          "mean": 12.732000000000001,
          "variance": 8.637730612244896,
          "skewness": 0.4516049811903419,
          "kurtosis": 2.8615929677997767,
          "covariance": {
            "income": -21093.65836734694,
            "poverty": 8.637730612244896
          },
          "correlation": {
            "income": -0.8352655256272504,
            "poverty": 1.0
          }
        } ]
    }
  }
}
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/\.\.\.//]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/: (\-)?[0-9\.E]+/: $body.$_path/]

The `doc_count` field indicates the number of documents involved in the computation of the statistics.

==== Multi Value Fields

The `matrix_stats` aggregation treats each document field as an independent sample. The `mode` parameter controls what
array value the aggregation will use for array or multi-valued fields. This parameter can take one of the following:

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`avg`:: (default) Use the average of all values.
`min`:: Pick the lowest value.
`max`:: Pick the highest value.
`sum`:: Use the sum of all values.
`median`:: Use the median of all values.

==== Missing Values

The `missing` parameter defines how documents that are missing a value should be treated.
By default they will be ignored but it is also possible to treat them as if they had a value.
This is done by adding a set of fieldname : value mappings to specify default values per field.

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "aggs": {
    "matrixstats": {
      "matrix_stats": {
        "fields": [ "poverty", "income" ],
        "missing": { "income": 50000 }      <1>
      }
    }
  }
}
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<1> Documents without a value in the `income` field will have the default value `50000`.
