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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2020 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 # Median 22 23 > [Chi-squared][chisquare-distribution] distribution [median][median]. 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 </section> 30 31 <!-- /.intro --> 32 33 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 34 35 <section class="usage"> 36 37 ## Usage 38 39 ```javascript 40 var median = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/median' ); 41 ``` 42 43 #### median( k ) 44 45 Returns the [median][median] of a [chi-squared][chisquare-distribution] distribution with degrees of freedom `k`. 46 47 ```javascript 48 var v = median( 9.0 ); 49 // returns ~8.343 50 51 v = median( 2.0 ); 52 // returns ~1.386 53 ``` 54 55 If provided `k < 0`, the function returns `NaN`. 56 57 ```javascript 58 var y = median( -1.0 ); 59 // returns NaN 60 ``` 61 62 </section> 63 64 <!-- /.usage --> 65 66 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 67 68 <section class="notes"> 69 70 </section> 71 72 <!-- /.notes --> 73 74 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 75 76 <section class="examples"> 77 78 ## Examples 79 80 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 81 82 ```javascript 83 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 84 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 85 var median = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/median' ); 86 87 var k; 88 var y; 89 var i; 90 91 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 92 k = randu() * 20.0; 93 y = median( k ); 94 console.log( 'k: %d, Median(X,k): %d', k.toFixed( 4 ), y.toFixed( 4 ) ); 95 } 96 ``` 97 98 </section> 99 100 <!-- /.examples --> 101 102 <!-- 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. --> 103 104 <section class="references"> 105 106 </section> 107 108 <!-- /.references --> 109 110 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 111 112 <section class="links"> 113 114 [chisquare-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-squared_distribution 115 116 [median]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median 117 118 </section> 119 120 <!-- /.links -->