simsem (version 0.2-8)

kurtosis: Finding excessive kurtosis

Description

Finding excessive kurtosis (g2) of an object

Usage

kurtosis(object, ...)

Arguments

object

An object used to find a excessive kurtosis, which can be a vector or a distribution object.

...

Other arguments such as the option for reversing the distribution.

Value

• A value of an excessive kurtosis with a test statistic if the sample excessive kurtosis is computed.

Details

The excessive kurtosis computed is g2. See the Wolfram Mathworld for the excessive kurtosis detail.

Examples

kurtosis(1:5)