Hex Editor Neo Documentation Definitive Guide Statistics Descriptive Statistics and Entropy Analysis
In addition to calculating two types of statistics, Hex Editor Neo also calculates some cumulative values for statistics results.
Descriptive Statistics is calculated for both General Statistics and Pattern Statistics results and is a standard statistical calculation for a random value distribution. The following values are calculated:
Entropy analysis is performed for General Statistics mode only. The single-byte (256 different symbols) alphabet is used in entropy calculations. The following values are computed:
100% - Entropy
as percentage. Indicates the data redundancy in a file (or selection).