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Central moment (E[(X−EX)n])

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The nth central moment is E[(X−EX)n]. The first central moment is zero and the second is the variance.

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In statistics, the **central moment** of a random variable is a measure of the variability of that variable about its mean. Specifically, the \( n \)-th central moment is defined as the expected value of the \( n \)-th power of the deviation of the random variable from its mean.
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