Mean

Chi-squared distribution expected value.

The expected value for a chi-squared random variable is

where k is the degrees of freedom.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-mean

Usage

var mean = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-mean' );

mean( k )

Returns the expected value of a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom k.

var v = mean( 9.0 );
// returns 9.0

v = mean( 0.5 );
// returns 0.5

If provided k < 0, the function returns NaN.

var v = mean( -1.0 );
// returns NaN

Examples

var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var mean = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-mean' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var k = uniform( 20, 0.0, 10.0, opts );

logEachMap( 'k: %0.4f, E(X;k): %0.4f', k, mean );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/mean.h"

stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_mean( k )

Returns the expected value of a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom k.

double out = stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_mean( 9.0 );
// returns 9.0

The function accepts the following arguments:

• k: [in] double degrees of freedom.

double stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_mean( const double k );

Examples

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/mean.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
    double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
    return min + ( v*(max-min) );
}

int main( void ) {
    double k;
    double y;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
        k = random_uniform( 0.0, 20.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_mean( k );
        printf( "k: %lf, E(X;k): %lf\n", k, y );
    }
}

Notice

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