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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 > [F][f-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 a [F][f-distribution] random variable with numerator degrees of freedom `d1` and denominator degrees of freedom `d2` is 30 31 <!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:f_skewness" align="center" raw="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = \frac{(2d_{1}+d_{2}-2){\sqrt{8(d_{2}-4)}}}{(d_{2}-6){\sqrt{d_{1}(d_{1}+d_{2}-2)}}}" alt="Skewness for an F distribution."> --> 32 33 <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="\operatorname{skew}\left( X \right) = \frac{(2d_{1}+d_{2}-2){\sqrt{8(d_{2}-4)}}}{(d_{2}-6){\sqrt{d_{1}(d_{1}+d_{2}-2)}}}" data-equation="eq:f_skewness"> 34 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stdlib@51534079fef45e990850102147e8945fb023d1d0/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/base/dists/f/skewness/docs/img/equation_f_skewness.svg" alt="Skewness for an F distribution."> 35 <br> 36 </div> 37 38 <!-- </equation> --> 39 40 for `d1 > 0` and `d2 > 6`. Otherwise, the skewness is not defined. 41 42 </section> 43 44 <!-- /.intro --> 45 46 <!-- Package usage documentation. --> 47 48 <section class="usage"> 49 50 ## Usage 51 52 ```javascript 53 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/f/skewness' ); 54 ``` 55 56 #### skewness( d1, d2 ) 57 58 Returns the [skewness][skewness] of a [F][f-distribution] distribution with parameters `d1` (numerator degrees of freedom) and `d2` (denominator degrees of freedom). 59 60 ```javascript 61 var v = skewness( 4.0, 7.0 ); 62 // returns ~10.614 63 64 v = skewness( 4.0, 12.0 ); 65 // returns ~3.207 66 67 v = skewness( 8.0, 7.0 ); 68 // returns ~10.088 69 ``` 70 71 If provided `NaN` as any argument, the function returns `NaN`. 72 73 ```javascript 74 var v = skewness( NaN, 7.0 ); 75 // returns NaN 76 77 v = skewness( 3.0, NaN ); 78 // returns NaN 79 ``` 80 81 If provided `d1 <= 0`, the function returns `NaN`. 82 83 ```javascript 84 var v = skewness( 0.0, 7.0 ); 85 // returns NaN 86 87 v = skewness( -1.0, 7.0 ); 88 // returns NaN 89 ``` 90 91 If provided `d2 <= 6`, the function returns `NaN`. 92 93 ```javascript 94 var v = skewness( 3.0, 6.0 ); 95 // returns NaN 96 97 v = skewness( 3.0, 5.5 ); 98 // returns NaN 99 100 v = skewness( 3.0, -1.0 ); 101 // returns NaN 102 ``` 103 104 </section> 105 106 <!-- /.usage --> 107 108 <!-- Package usage notes. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 109 110 <section class="notes"> 111 112 </section> 113 114 <!-- /.notes --> 115 116 <!-- Package usage examples. --> 117 118 <section class="examples"> 119 120 ## Examples 121 122 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 123 124 ```javascript 125 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 126 var EPS = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/eps' ); 127 var skewness = require( '@stdlib/stats/base/dists/f/skewness' ); 128 129 var d1; 130 var d2; 131 var v; 132 var i; 133 134 for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) { 135 d1 = ( randu()*10.0 ) + EPS; 136 d2 = ( randu()*20.0 ) + EPS; 137 v = skewness( d1, d2 ); 138 console.log( 'd1: %d, d2: %d, skew(X;d1,d2): %d', d1.toFixed( 4 ), d2.toFixed( 4 ), v.toFixed( 4 ) ); 139 } 140 ``` 141 142 </section> 143 144 <!-- /.examples --> 145 146 <!-- 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. --> 147 148 <section class="references"> 149 150 </section> 151 152 <!-- /.references --> 153 154 <!-- Section for all links. Make sure to keep an empty line after the `section` element and another before the `/section` close. --> 155 156 <section class="links"> 157 158 [f-distribution]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_distribution 159 160 [skewness]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewness 161 162 </section> 163 164 <!-- /.links -->