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# scipy.stats.moment

`scipy.stats.``moment`(a, moment=1, axis=0)

  Calculates the nth moment about the mean for a sample.

  Generally used to calculate coefficients of skewness and kurtosis.

  Parameters: | a : array moment : int axis : int or None
  Returns: | The appropriate moment along the given axis or over all values if axis is : None. :

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