@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-stdev
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Poisson distribution standard deviation.
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Standard Deviation
Poisson distribution standard deviation.
The standard deviation for a Poisson random variable is
where λ
is the mean parameter.
Installation
npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-stdev
Usage
var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-stdev' );
stdev( lambda )
Returns the standard deviation of a Poisson distribution with mean parameter lambda
.
var v = stdev( 9.0 );
// returns 3.0
v = stdev( 0.5 );
// returns ~0.707
If provided lambda < 0
, the function returns NaN
.
var v = stdev( -1.0 );
// returns NaN
Examples
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var round = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-round' );
var stdev = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-poisson-stdev' );
var lambda;
var v;
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
lambda = randu() * 20.0;
v = stdev( lambda );
console.log( 'λ: %d, SD(X;λ): %d', lambda.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) );
}
Notice
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