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skewness_bernoulli

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

skewness_bernoulli (p)

Description

Returns the skewness coefficient of a Bernoulli(p) random variable, with 0<p<1.

The Bernoulli(p) random variable is equivalent to the Binomial(1,p), therefore when Maxima has not enough information to get the result, a noun form based on the binomial skewness coefficient is returned.

(%i1) load (distrib)$
(%i2) skewness_bernoulli(p);
(%o2)                skewness_binomial(1, p)
(%i3) assume(0<p,p<1)$ skewness_bernoulli(p);
                             1 - 2 p
(%o4)                  -------------------
                       sqrt(1 - p) sqrt(p)
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