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scipy.stats.mstats.kurtosistest

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

Tests whether a dataset has normal kurtosis

Parameters
aarray

array of the sample data

axisint or None, optional

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

Returns
statisticfloat

The computed z-score for this test.

pvaluefloat

The 2-sided p-value for the hypothesis test

Notes

For more details about kurtosistest, see stats.kurtosistest.

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