bundles / scipy latest / scipy / stats / _morestats / kstatvar
function
scipy.stats._morestats:kstatvar
source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_morestats.py:342
Signature
def kstatvar(data, n = 2, *, axis = None, nan_policy = propagate, keepdims = False)Summary
Return an unbiased estimator of the variance of the k-statistic.
Extended Summary
Parameters
data: array_likeInput array.
n: int, {1, 2}, optionalDefault is equal to 2.
axis: int or None, default: NoneIf an int, the axis of the input along which to compute the statistic. The statistic of each axis-slice (e.g. row) of the input will appear in a corresponding element of the output. If
None, the input will be raveled before computing the statistic.nan_policy: {'propagate', 'omit', 'raise'}Defines how to handle input NaNs.
propagate: if a NaN is present in the axis slice (e.g. row) along which the statistic is computed, the corresponding entry of the output will be NaN.omit: NaNs will be omitted when performing the calculation. If insufficient data remains in the axis slice along which the statistic is computed, the corresponding entry of the output will be NaN.raise: if a NaN is present, aValueErrorwill be raised.
nan_policy='raise'andnan_policy='omit'are not supported by lazy backends, andnan_policy='omit'is not compatible with MArray input. For multidimensional input,nan_policy='omit'is supported only by the NumPy backend. Instead, mask NaN values using MArray; and use the defaultnan_policy. See Notes for support information.keepdims: bool, default: FalseIf this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the input array.
Returns
kstatvar: floatThe
nth k-statistic variance.
Notes
Unbiased estimators of the variances of the first two k-statistics are given by
Beginning in SciPy 1.9, np.matrix inputs (not recommended for new code) are converted to np.ndarray before the calculation is performed. In this case, the output will be a scalar or np.ndarray of appropriate shape rather than a 2D np.matrix. Similarly, while masked elements of masked arrays are ignored, the output will be a scalar or np.ndarray rather than a masked array with mask=False.
Examples
import numpy as np from scipy import stats rng = np.random.default_rng(92366746)✓
for n in np.astype(np.logspace(1, 6, 6), int): x = rng.normal(size=n) kvar = stats.kstatvar(x, 1) print(f"{n=:<8}: {kvar=:.3g}")✓
n=10 : kvar=0.0954 n=100 : kvar=0.00974 n=1000 : kvar=0.000962 n=10000 : kvar=0.0001 n=100000 : kvar=9.94e-06 n=1000000 : kvar=9.99e-07
See also
- kstat
Returns the n-th k-statistic.
- moment
Returns the n-th central moment about the mean for a sample.
Aliases
scipy.stats.kstatvar