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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # Skewness 22 23 > [Arcsine][arcsine-distribution] distribution [skewness][skewness]. 24 25 <!-- Section to include introductory text. Make sure to keep an empty line after the intro `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 26 27 <section class="intro"> 28 29 The [skewness][skewness] for an [arcsine][arcsine-distribution] random variable with with minimum support `a` and maximum support `b` is 30 31 <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:arcsine_skewness" align="center" raw="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = 0" alt="Skewness for an arcsine distribution."> --> 32 33 <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = 0" data-equation="eq:arcsine_skewness"> 34 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@51534079fef45e990850102147e8945fb023d1d0/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/arcsine/skewness/docs/img/equation_arcsine_skewness.svg" alt="Skewness for an arcsine distribution."> 35 <br> 36 </div> 37 38 <!-- </equation> --> 39 40 </section> 41 42 <!-- /.intro --> 43 44 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 45 46 <section class="usage"> 47 48 ## Usage 49 50 ```javascript 51 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/arcsine/skewness' ); 52 ``` 53 54 #### skewness( a, b ) 55 56 Returns the [skewness][skewness] of an [arcsine][arcsine-distribution] distribution with parameters `a` (minimum support) and `b` (maximum support). 57 58 ```javascript 59 var v = skewness( 0.0, 1.0 ); 60 // returns 0.0 61 62 v = skewness( 4.0, 12.0 ); 63 // returns 0.0 64 65 v = skewness( 2.0, 8.0 ); 66 // returns 0.0 67 ``` 68 69 If provided `NaN` as any argument, the function returns `NaN`. 70 71 ```javascript 72 var v = skewness( NaN, 2.0 ); 73 // returns NaN 74 75 v = skewness( 2.0, NaN ); 76 // returns NaN 77 ``` 78 79 If provided `a >= b`, the function returns `NaN`. 80 81 ```javascript 82 var y = skewness( 3.0, 2.0 ); 83 // returns NaN 84 85 y = skewness( 3.0, 3.0 ); 86 // returns NaN 87 ``` 88 89 </section> 90 91 <!-- /.usage --> 92 93 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 94 95 <section class="notes"> 96 97 </section> 98 99 <!-- /.notes --> 100 101 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 102 103 <section class="examples"> 104 105 ## Examples 106 107 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 108 109 ```javascript 110 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 111 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/arcsine/skewness' ); 112 113 var a; 114 var b; 115 var v; 116 var i; 117 118 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 119 a = ( randu()*10.0 ); 120 b = ( randu()*10.0 ) + a; 121 v = skewness( a, b ); 122 console.log( 'a: %d, b: %d, skew(X;a,b): %d', a.toFixed( 4 ), b.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) ); 123 } 124 ``` 125 126 </section> 127 128 <!-- /.examples --> 129 130 <!-- Section to include cited references. If references are included, add a horizontal rule *before* the section. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 131 132 <section class="references"> 133 134 </section> 135 136 <!-- /.references --> 137 138 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 139 140 <section class="links"> 141 142 [arcsine-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcsine_distribution 143 144 [skewness]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewness 145 146 </section> 147 148 <!-- /.links -->