moments: moments

View source: R/moments.R

momentsR Documentation

moments

Description

Calculate statistical moments of a distribution

Usage

moments(x, plot = FALSE)

Arguments

x

numeric vector

plot

plot of distribution (TRUE/FALSE)

Value

A vector with the following values:

  • min Minimum

  • 25th 25th percentile

  • mean Arithmetic mean

  • gmean Geometric mean

  • hmean Harmonic mean

  • median 50th percentile

  • 7th5 75th percentile

  • max Maximum

  • stdv Standard deviation

  • var Variance

  • cv Coefficient of variation (percent)

  • mad Median absolute deviation

  • skew Skewness

  • kurt Kurtosis

  • nmodes Number of modes

  • mode Mode (dominate)

Author(s)

Jeffrey S. Evans jeffrey_evans@tnc.org

Examples

x <- runif(1000,0,100)
( d <- moments(x, plot=TRUE) )
( mode.x <- moments(x, plot=FALSE)[16] )
 

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