How to find expected value of np.array using scipy.stats? - scipy

Question

I am trying to get the expected value of a NumPy array but I am running into a problem when I pass my array into the function here is an example of what is happening:
a = np.ones(10)
stats.rv_continuous.expect(args=a)
I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
stats.rv_continuous.expect(args=a)
TypeError: expect() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'
If I try stats.rv_continuous.expect(a) , I get this error:
'numpy.ndarray' object has no attribute '_argcheck'
Can someone tell me how to get scipy.stats to work with an array?
update:
following bob's comment I changed the code to:
st=stats.rv_continuous()
ev = st.expect(args=signal_array)
print(ev)
where signal_array is a numpy array. However I now get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\...\OneDrive\Área de Trabalho\TickingClock\Main.py", line 35, in <module>
ev = st.expect(args=signal_array)
File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\scipy\stats\_distn_infrastructure.py", line 2738, in expect
vals = integrate.quad(fun, lb, ub, **kwds)[0] / invfac
File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\scipy\integrate\quadpack.py", line 351, in quad
retval = _quad(func, a, b, args, full_output, epsabs, epsrel, limit,
File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\scipy\integrate\quadpack.py", line 465, in _quad
return _quadpack._qagie(func,bound,infbounds,args,full_output,epsabs,epsrel,limit)
File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\scipy\stats\_distn_infrastructure.py", line 2722, in fun
return x * self.pdf(x, *args, **lockwds)
File "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\scipy\stats\_distn_infrastructure.py", line 1866, in pdf
args, loc, scale = self._parse_args(*args, **kwds)
TypeError: _parse_args() got multiple values for argument 'loc'