NTPOISSONMEAN

Returns mean of a specified Poisson distribution.

Syntax

Parameters

• Mean is the arithmetic mean of the distribution (Positive value).

Remarks

This function returns Mean.

Example

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  A B Data Description 8 Arithmetic mean of the distribution Formula Description (Result) =NTPOISSONMEAN(A2) Mean of the distribuion for the terms above

See also

• NTRANDPOISSON
• NTPOISSONDIST
• NTPOISSONKURT
• NTPOISSONMOM
• NTPOISSONSKEW
• NTPOISSONSTDEV
• Poisson distribution