moment

Last update : 16/12/2004

moment - non central moments of all orders

### Calling Sequence

  `mom=moment(x,ord)`
  `mom=moment(x,ord,'r') or mom=moment(x,ord,1)`
  `mom=moment(x,ord,'c') or mom=moment(x,ord,2)`

### Parameters

- `x` : real or complex vector or matrix
- `ord` : positive integer

### Description

moment`(x,ord)` is the non central moment or order ord of the elements of `x` .

If a third argument of type string `'r'` (or `1` ) or `'c'` (or `2` ) is used, we get in the first case, a row vector `mom` such that `mom(j)` contains the non central moment of order `ord` of the `j` column of `x` . `moment(x,ord,'c')` is used in the same way for the non central moments in the rows.

### Examples

    x=[0.2113249 0.0002211 0.6653811;0.7560439 0.3303271 0.6283918]
    mom=moment(x,3)
    mom=moment(x,2,'r')
    mom=moment(x,3,'c')

### Author

Carlos Klimann

### Bibliography

Wonacott, T.H. & Wonacott, R.J.; Introductory Statistics, fifth edition, J.Wiley & Sons, 1990.