Bernoulli: Bernoulli Distribution Class

BernoulliR Documentation

Bernoulli Distribution Class

Description

Mathematical and statistical functions for the Bernoulli distribution, which is commonly used to model a two-outcome scenario.

Details

The Bernoulli distribution parameterised with probability of success, p, is defined by the pmf,

f(x) = p, if x = 1

f(x) = 1 - p, if x = 0

for probability p.

Value

Returns an R6 object inheriting from class SDistribution.

Distribution support

The distribution is supported on {0,1}.

Default Parameterisation

Bern(prob = 0.5)

Omitted Methods

N/A

Also known as

N/A

Super classes

distr6::Distribution -> distr6::SDistribution -> Bernoulli

Public fields

name

Full name of distribution.

short_name

Short name of distribution for printing.

description

Brief description of the distribution.

packages

Packages required to be installed in order to construct the distribution.

Active bindings

properties

Returns distribution properties, including skewness type and symmetry.

Methods

Public methods

Inherited methods

Method new()

Creates a new instance of this R6 class.

Usage
Bernoulli$new(prob = NULL, qprob = NULL, decorators = NULL)
Arguments
prob

(numeric(1))
Probability of success.

qprob

(numeric(1))
Probability of failure. If provided then prob is ignored. qprob = 1 - prob.

decorators

(character())
Decorators to add to the distribution during construction.


Method mean()

The arithmetic mean of a (discrete) probability distribution X is the expectation

E_X(X) = ∑ p_X(x)*x

with an integration analogue for continuous distributions.

Usage
Bernoulli$mean(...)
Arguments
...

Unused.


Method mode()

The mode of a probability distribution is the point at which the pdf is a local maximum, a distribution can be unimodal (one maximum) or multimodal (several maxima).

Usage
Bernoulli$mode(which = "all")
Arguments
which

(character(1) | numeric(1)
Ignored if distribution is unimodal. Otherwise "all" returns all modes, otherwise specifies which mode to return.


Method median()

Returns the median of the distribution. If an analytical expression is available returns distribution median, otherwise if symmetric returns self$mean, otherwise returns self$quantile(0.5).

Usage
Bernoulli$median()

Method variance()

The variance of a distribution is defined by the formula

var_X = E[X^2] - E[X]^2

where E_X is the expectation of distribution X. If the distribution is multivariate the covariance matrix is returned.

Usage
Bernoulli$variance(...)
Arguments
...

Unused.


Method skewness()

The skewness of a distribution is defined by the third standardised moment,

sk_X = E_X[((x - μ)/σ)^3]

where E_X is the expectation of distribution X, μ is the mean of the distribution and σ is the standard deviation of the distribution.

Usage
Bernoulli$skewness(...)
Arguments
...

Unused.


Method kurtosis()

The kurtosis of a distribution is defined by the fourth standardised moment,

k_X = E_X[((x - μ)/σ)^4]

where E_X is the expectation of distribution X, μ is the mean of the distribution and σ is the standard deviation of the distribution. Excess Kurtosis is Kurtosis - 3.

Usage
Bernoulli$kurtosis(excess = TRUE, ...)
Arguments
excess

(logical(1))
If TRUE (default) excess kurtosis returned.

...

Unused.


Method entropy()

The entropy of a (discrete) distribution is defined by

- ∑ (f_X)log(f_X)

where f_X is the pdf of distribution X, with an integration analogue for continuous distributions.

Usage
Bernoulli$entropy(base = 2, ...)
Arguments
base

(integer(1))
Base of the entropy logarithm, default = 2 (Shannon entropy)

...

Unused.


Method mgf()

The moment generating function is defined by

mgf_X(t) = E_X[exp(xt)]

where X is the distribution and E_X is the expectation of the distribution X.

Usage
Bernoulli$mgf(t, ...)
Arguments
t

(integer(1))
t integer to evaluate function at.

...

Unused.


Method cf()

The characteristic function is defined by

cf_X(t) = E_X[exp(xti)]

where X is the distribution and E_X is the expectation of the distribution X.

Usage
Bernoulli$cf(t, ...)
Arguments
t

(integer(1))
t integer to evaluate function at.

...

Unused.


Method pgf()

The probability generating function is defined by

pgf_X(z) = E_X[exp(z^x)]

where X is the distribution and E_X is the expectation of the distribution X.

Usage
Bernoulli$pgf(z, ...)
Arguments
z

(integer(1))
z integer to evaluate probability generating function at.

...

Unused.


Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage
Bernoulli$clone(deep = FALSE)
Arguments
deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

References

McLaughlin, M. P. (2001). A compendium of common probability distributions (pp. 2014-01). Michael P. McLaughlin.

See Also

Other discrete distributions: Binomial, Categorical, Degenerate, DiscreteUniform, EmpiricalMV, Empirical, Geometric, Hypergeometric, Logarithmic, Matdist, Multinomial, NegativeBinomial, WeightedDiscrete

Other univariate distributions: Arcsine, BetaNoncentral, Beta, Binomial, Categorical, Cauchy, ChiSquaredNoncentral, ChiSquared, Degenerate, DiscreteUniform, Empirical, Erlang, Exponential, FDistributionNoncentral, FDistribution, Frechet, Gamma, Geometric, Gompertz, Gumbel, Hypergeometric, InverseGamma, Laplace, Logarithmic, Logistic, Loglogistic, Lognormal, Matdist, NegativeBinomial, Normal, Pareto, Poisson, Rayleigh, ShiftedLoglogistic, StudentTNoncentral, StudentT, Triangular, Uniform, Wald, Weibull, WeightedDiscrete


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