NTPOISSONSKEW

Returns skewness of a specified Poisson distribution.

Syntax

Parameters

• Mean is the arithmetic mean of the distribution (Positive value).

Remarks

The skewness of the distribution is given as:

Example

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  A B Data Description 8 Arithmetic mean of the distribution Formula Description (Result) =NTPOISSONSKEW(A2) Skewness of the distribuion for the terms above

See also

• NTRANDPOISSON
• NTPOISSONDIST
• NTPOISSONKURT
• NTPOISSONMEAN
• NTPOISSONMOM
• NTPOISSONSTDEV
• Poisson distribution