SciPy

scipy.stats.mstats.kurtosistest

scipy.stats.mstats.kurtosistest(a, axis=0)[source]

Tests whether a dataset has normal kurtosis

Parameters:
a : array

array of the sample data

axis : int or None, optional

Axis along which to compute test. Default is 0. If None, compute over the whole array a.

Returns:
statistic : float

The computed z-score for this test.

pvalue : float

The 2-sided p-value for the hypothesis test

Notes

For more details about kurtosistest, see stats.kurtosistest.