Multivariate kurtosis {Rfast}

Multivariate kurtosis

Description

Multivariate kurtosis.

Usage

mvkurtosis(x)

Arguments

x

A numerical matrix.

Details

The multivariate kurtosis is calcualted.

Value

A number, the multivariate kurtosis.

Author(s)

Michail Tsagris

R implementation and documentation: Michail Tsagris <[e-mail]>.

References

K. V. Mardia (1970). Measures of Multivariate Skewness and Kurtosis with Applications Biometrika, 57(3):519-530.

See Also

colskewness, skew.test2, colmeans, colVars, colMedians

Examples

x <- as.matrix(iris[, 1:4])
res<-mvkurtosis(x)