Central moment
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central-moment-197-17442910
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Central moment
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In probability theory and statistics, a central moment is a moment of a probability distribution of a random variable about the random variable's mean; that is, it is the expected value of a specified integer power of the deviation of the random variable from the mean. The various moments form one set of values by which the properties of a probability distribution can be usefully characterized. Central moments are used in preference to ordinary moments, computed in terms of deviations from the m
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Moment of a random variable minus its mean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_moment
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2024-03-31T21:09:49Z
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