Standard Deviation

Negative binomial distribution standard deviation.

The standard deviation for a negative binomial random variable is

where r is the number of successes until experiment is stopped and p is the success probability in each trial. The random variable X denotes the number of failures until the r success is reached.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-negative-binomial-stdev

Usage

var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-negative-binomial-stdev' );

stdev( r, p )

Returns the standard deviation of a negative binomial distribution with parameters r (number of successes until experiment is stopped) and p (success probability).

var v = stdev( 100, 0.2 );
// returns ~44.721

v = stdev( 50, 0.5 );
// returns 10.0

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var v = stdev( NaN, 0.5 );
// returns NaN

v = stdev( 20, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided a r which is not a positive number, the function returns NaN.

var v = stdev( -2.0, 0.5 );
// returns NaN

If provided a success probability p outside of [0,1], the function returns NaN.

var v = stdev( 20, -1.0 );
// returns NaN

v = stdev( 20, 1.5 );
// returns NaN

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-negative-binomial-stdev' );

var v;
var i;
var r;
var p;

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    r = randu() * 100;
    p = randu();
    v = stdev( r, p );
    console.log( 'r: %d, p: %d, SD(X;r,p): %d', r, p.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) );
}

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