R/moment2.R

In maccaveli/e1072: Misc Functions of the Department of Statistics, Probability Theory Group (Formerly: E1072), TU Wien

Defines functions moment2

Documented in moment2

moment2 <- function(x, order = 1, center = FALSE, absolute = FALSE,
                   na.rm = FALSE) {
  if (na.rm)
    x <- x[!is.na(x)]
  if (center)
    x <- x - mean(x)
  if (absolute)
    x <- abs(x)
  sum(x ^ order) / length(x)
}