@stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/skewness/lib/main.js

Standard library statistical functions.

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'use strict';

// MODULES //

var isnan = require( '@stdlib/math/base/assert/is-nan' );
var sqrt = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sqrt' );


// MAIN //

/**
* Returns the skewness of a negative binomial distribution.
*
* @param {PositiveNumber} r - number of failures until experiment is stopped
* @param {Probability} p - success probability
* @returns {NonNegativeNumber} skewness
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( 100, 0.2 );
* // returns ~0.201
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( 20, 0.5 );
* // returns ~0.474
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( 10.3, 0.8 );
* // returns ~0.836
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( -2, 0.5 );
* // returns NaN
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( 20, 1.1 );
* // returns NaN
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( 20, NaN );
* // returns NaN
*
* @example
* var v = skewness( NaN, 0.5 );
* // returns NaN
*/
function skewness( r, p ) {
	if (
		isnan( r ) ||
		isnan( p ) ||
		r <= 0.0 ||
		p < 0.0 ||
		p > 1.0
	) {
		return NaN;
	}
	return ( 2.0-p ) / sqrt( ( 1.0-p ) * r );
}


// EXPORTS //

module.exports = skewness;