External module "stats/base/dists/poisson/skewness/docs/types/index.d"

skewness

• skewness(lambda: number): number

• Returns the skewness of a Poisson distribution.

  Notes

  • If provided a non-positive value for λ, the function returns NaN.

  Parameters

  • lambda: number

    mean parameter

  Returns number

  skewness

  Example

  var v = skewness( 9.0 );
  // returns ~0.33

  Example

  var v = skewness( 1.0 );
  // returns 1.0

  Example

  var v = skewness( -0.2 );
  // returns NaN

  Example

  var v = skewness( NaN );
  // returns NaN