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binostat - Binomial mean and variance

Syntax

[M,V] = binostat(N,P)

Description

[M,V] = binostat(N,P) returns the mean of and variance for the binomial distribution with parameters specified by the number of trials, N, and probability of success for each trial, P. N and P can be vectors, matrices, or multidimensional arrays that have the same size, which is also the size of M and V. A scalar input for N or P is expanded to a constant array with the same dimensions as the other input.

The mean of the binomial distribution with parameters n and p is np. The variance is npq, where q = 1-p.

Examples

n = logspace(1,5,5)
n =
     10     100    1000    10000   100000

[m,v] = binostat(n,1./n)
m =
   1   1   1   1   1
v =
  0.9000  0.9900  0.9990  0.9999  1.0000

[m,v] = binostat(n,1/2)
m =
      5     50     500    5000    50000
v =
  1.0e+04 *
  0.0003  0.0025  0.0250  0.2500  2.5000

See Also

binocdf | binofit | binoinv | binopdf | binornd

How To

• Binomial Distribution

binornd

biplot

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