Maxima Function
central_moment (list, k)
central_moment(matrix,k)
The central moment of order k, defined as
n ==== 1 \ _ k - > (x - x) n / i ==== i = 1
(%i1) load (descriptive)$ (%i2) load (numericalio)$ (%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$ (%i4) central_moment (s1, 2), numer; /* the variance */ (%o4) 8.425899999999999 (%i6) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$ (%i7) central_moment (s2, 3); (%o7) [11.29584771375004, 16.97988248298583, 5.626661952750102, 37.5986572057918, 25.85981904394192]