Statistics & Probability

Excess Kurtosis

Tailedness relative to normal (population).

Formula

Formula
g2 = (1n) Σ (xi−μσ)4 − 3

Variables

SymbolDefinitionType & rangeUnitsRole
μ mean computed result result
σ std deviation computed result result

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Result

Worked examples

Example 1
Givendata = 2, 3, 3, 4, 9
Result-0.05675493338
Example 2
Givendata = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Result-1.3