kurtCoeff {Rita}

Adjusted Fisher-Pearson Excess Sample Kurtosis

Description

Adjusted Fisher-Pearson Excess Sample Kurtosis

Usage

kurtCoeff(data, sd)

Arguments

data

The data for which kurtosis is computed (vector)

sd

The population standard deviation, used to compute kurtosis (scalar)

Value

The kurtosis value (scalar)

References

Shreve, Joni N. and Donna Dea Holland . 2018. SAS® Certification Prep Guide: Statistical Business Analysis Using SAS®9. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.

Examples

values <- rnorm(100)
x <- kurtCoeff(data = values, sd = sd(values))