User Guide

Calculate the mean value of the random variable.
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For more information, refer to the ?Statistics/Distributions help page.
Statistical Computations
In addition to basic functions, like mean, median, standard deviation, and
percentile, the Statistics package contains commands that compute, for ex-
ample, the interquartile range and hazard rate.
Examples
Example 1
Compute the average absolute range from the interquartile of the Rayleigh
distribution with scale parameter 3.
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To compute the result numerically:
• Specify the 'numeric' option.
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