ncfstat
NoncentralFmean and variance
Syntax
[M,V] = ncfstat(NU1,NU2,DELTA)
Description
[M,V] = ncfstat(NU1,NU2,DELTA)
returns the mean of and variance for the noncentralFpdf with corresponding numerator degrees of freedom inNU1
, denominator degrees of freedom inNU2
, and positive noncentrality parameters inDELTA
.NU1
,NU2
, andDELTA
can be vectors, matrices, or multidimensional arrays that all have the same size, which is also the size ofM
andV
. A scalar input forNU1
,NU2
, orDELTA
is expanded to a constant array with the same dimensions as the other input.
The mean of the noncentral F distribution with parametersν1,ν2, andδis
where ν2> 2.
The variance is
whereν2> 4.
Examples
[m,v]= ncfstat(10,100,4) m = 1.4286 v = 0.4252
References
[1] Evans, M., N. Hastings, and B. Peacock.Statistical Distributions. 2nd ed., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993, pp. 73–74.
[2] Johnson, N., and S. Kotz.Distributions in Statistics: Continuous Univariate Distributions-2.Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1970, pp. 189–200.