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CentralMoment[data,{r1,…,rm}]
gives the order {r1,…,rm} multivariate central moment of data.
CentralMoment[dist,…]
gives the central moment of the distribution dist.
DetailsCompute central moments from data:
Central moment of a list of dates:
Compute the second central moment of a univariate distribution:
The central moment of a multivariate distribution:
Scope (26) Basic Uses (6)Exact input yields exact output:
Approximate input yields approximate output:
Find central moments of WeightedData:
Find a central moment of EventData:
Find a central moment of TimeSeries:
Central moment depends only on the values:
Find a central moment for data involving quantities:
Image and Audio Data (2)Channelwise central moment of an RGB image:
Central moment intensity value of a grayscale image:
On audio objects, CentralMoment works channelwise:
Date and Time (4)Compute central moment of dates:
Compute the weighted central moment of dates:
Compute the central moment of dates given in different calendars:
Compute the central moment of times:
List of times with different time zone specifications:
Distribution and Process Moments (5)Scalar central moment for univariate distributions:
Scalar central moment for multivariate distributions:
Joint central moment for multivariate distributions:
Compute a central moment for a symbolic order r:
A central moment may only evaluate for specific orders:
A central moment may only evaluate numerically:
Central moments for derived distributions:
Central moment function for a random process:
Find a central moment of TemporalData at some time t=0.5:
Find the corresponding central moment function together with all the simulations:
Formal Moments (4)TraditionalForm formatting for formal moments:
Convert combinations of formal moments to an expression involving CentralMoment:
Evaluate an expression involving formal moments for a distribution:
Find a sample estimator for an expression involving CentralMoment:
Evaluate the resulting estimator for data:
Applications (11)The first central moment is always 0:
The second central moment is a measure of dispersion:
The third central moment is a measure of skewness:
Estimate parameters of a distribution using the method of moments:
Compare data and the estimated parametric distribution:
Find a normal approximation to GammaDistribution using the method of moments:
Compare an original and an approximated distribution:
Construct a sample estimator of the second central moment:
Find its sample distribution expectation, assuming sample size :
Find sample distribution variance of the estimator:
Variance of the estimator for uniformly distributed sample:
The law of large numbers states that a sample moment approaches population moment as sample size increases. Use Histogram to show the probability distribution of a second sample central moment of uniform random variates for different sample sizes:
Edgeworth expansion for near-normal data correcting for third and fourth central moments:
Function computing sample Jarque–Bera statistics [link]:
Accumulate statistics on samples of normal random variates:
Compare the statistics histogram with an asymptotic distribution:
Compute a moving central moment for some data:
Compute central moments for slices of a collection of paths of a random process:
Plot central moments over these paths:
Properties & Relations (11) Possible Issues (2)Central moments of higher order are undefined for a heavy-tailed distribution:
Compute central moments on 5 independent samples of the distribution:
Sample central moments of higher order exhibit wild fluctuations:
Sample estimators of central moments are biased:
Find sampling population expectation assuming a sample of size :
The estimator is asymptotically unbiased:
Construct an unbiased estimator:
The expected value of the estimator is the central moment for all sample sizes:
Neat Examples (1)The distribution of CentralMoment estimates for 20, 100, and 300 samples:
Wolfram Research (2007), CentralMoment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html (updated 2024). TextWolfram Research (2007), CentralMoment, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html (updated 2024).
CMSWolfram Language. 2007. "CentralMoment." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2024. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html.
APAWolfram Language. (2007). CentralMoment. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html
BibTeX@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_centralmoment, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CentralMoment}", year="2024", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}
BibLaTeX@online{reference.wolfram_2025_centralmoment, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CentralMoment}, year={2024}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CentralMoment.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-July-2025 ]}
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