# $$\text{ChiSquaredVariate}$$¶

You can use the $$\text{ChiSquaredVariate}$$ function to calculate one or more random variates in a Chi-Squared distribution.

You can use the \chisquaredv backslash command to insert this function.

The following variants of this function are available:

• $$\text{real } \text{ChiSquaredVariate} \left ( \text{<k>} \right )$$

• $$\text{real matrix } \text{ChiSquaredVariate} \left ( \text{<number rows>}, \text{<number columns>}, \text{<k>} \right )$$

Where $$k \in \mathbb{Z}$$ and $$k > 0$$ represents the degrees of freedom.

The three parameter version, which includes $$\text{<number rows>}$$ and $$\text{<number columns>}$$ fields, returns an integer matrix returning random deviates. The single parameter version returns a single real value.

The function relies on the fact that the chi-squared distribution is a special case of the gamma function to calculate random variates.

Figure 119 shows the basic use of the $$\text{ChiSquaredVariate}$$ function.

Figure 119 Example Use Of the ChiSquaredVariate Function