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NTPOISSONSKEW

Returns skewness of a specified Poisson distribution.

Syntax​

NTPOISSONSKEW(
    Mean
)

Parameters​

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

Remarks​

The skewness of the distribution is given as:

1Mean\frac{1}{\sqrt{\textit{Mean}}}

Example​

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    Selecting an example from Help

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AB
1DataDescription
28Arithmetic mean of the distribution
3FormulaDescription (Result)
4=NTPOISSONSKEW(A2)Skewness of the distribuion for the terms above

See also​