New descriptive statistics function for numerical slices

[nicolaasuni-vonage]

Description

• A new Stats function has been added to the sliceutil package to calculate descriptive statistics for a numerical slice.
• Generic numeric types were added in the typeutil package.

Checklist:

• The make x command has been run successfully without any error or warning.
• Any new code line is covered by unit tests and the coverage has not dropped.
• Any new code follows the style guidelines of this project.
• The code changes have been self-reviewed.
• Corresponding changes to the documentation have been made.
• The version has been updated in the VERSION and examples/service/go.mod files.

Type of change:

• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality) → The minor number in the VERSION file has been increased.

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