UnivariatePopulationCentralMoment Method

Estimates the given central moment of the underlying population.

Definition

Namespace: Meta.Numerics.Statistics
Assembly: Meta.Numerics (in Meta.Numerics.dll) Version: 4.2.0+6d77d64445f7d5d91b12e331399c4362ecb25333
C#
public static UncertainValue PopulationCentralMoment(
	this IReadOnlyCollection<double> sample,
	int r
)

Parameters

sample  IReadOnlyCollectionDouble
The sample.
r  Int32
The order of the moment.

Return Value

UncertainValue
An estimate, with uncertainty, of the rth central moment of the distribution from which the sample was drawn.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IReadOnlyCollectionDouble. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptionsample is .
InsufficientDataExceptionsample contains fewer than 3 values.
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionr is negative.

See Also