Measures on Gamma distribution

This tool calculates mean, median, mode, standard deviation, variance, skewness, kurtosis, quartiles for a Gamma distribution



Formulas


Notations

X : a random variable with a gamma distribution
`alpha` : shape parameter (> 0)
`beta` : scale parameter (> 0)

• Mean = `alpha*beta`

• Mode = None  if `alpha < 1`
• Mode = `(alpha-1)*beta`  if `alpha >= 1`

• Standard deviation = `beta*sqrt(alpha)`

• Variance = `beta^2*alpha`

• Skewness = `2/sqrt(alpha)`

• Kurtosis = `6/alpha`


Gamma distributiond with parameters k and `theta`

Formulas and calculator still apply with,

`alpha = k`
`beta = 1/theta`

See also

Normal distribution Probabilities
Statistics Calculators