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| | *<math>n1</math>,<math>n2</math> are values to calculate kurtosis. | | *<math>n1</math>,<math>n2</math> are values to calculate kurtosis. |
| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| − | *This function gives the value of kurtosis of a given set. | + | *This function gives the value of Kurtosis of a given set. |
| − | *Kurtosis is the peakedness or flatness of the graph of a frequency distribution especially with respect to the concentration of values near the mean as compared with the normal distribution. | + | *Kurtosis is the peak or flatness of a frequency distribution graph especially with respect to the concentration of values near the Mean as compared with the Normal Distribution. |
| − | *A normal distribution has a kurtosis of 3. | + | *A normal distribution has a Kurtosis of 3. |
| − | *Distributions having higher kurtosis have flatter tails or more extreme values that phenomenon called 'leptokurtosis'also it is the positive excess kurtosis , and those with lower kurtosis have fatter middles or fewer extreme value that phenomenon called 'platykurtosis' also it is the negative excess kurtosis. | + | *Distributions having higher Kurtosis have flatter tails or more extreme values that phenomenon called 'leptokurtosis' also it is the positive excess Kurtosis , and those with lower Kurtosis have fatter middles or fewer extreme value that phenomenon called 'Platykurtosis' also it is the negative excess Kurtosis. |
| − | *Example for positive kurtosis(leptokurtosis) is Exponential distribution,possion distribution, Laplace distribution. | + | *Example for positive Kurtosis(leptokurtosis) is Exponential distribution, Poisson distribution, Laplace Distribution. |
| − | *Example for negative kurtosis(platykurtosis) is Bernoulli distribution, Uniform distribution. | + | *Example for Negative Kurtosis(platykurtosis) is Bernoulli distribution, Uniform distribution. |
| | *Kurtosis has no units. | | *Kurtosis has no units. |
| | *Kurtosis is defined by: | | *Kurtosis is defined by: |
| − | *kurtosis={n(n+1)/(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)*summation[(xi-x(bar)/s]^4}-3(n-1)^2/(n-2)(n-3), wher s is the sample standard deviation.x(bar) is the arithmetic mean. | + | *Kurtosis={n(n+1)/(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)*summation[(xi-x(bar)/s]^4}-3(n-1)^2/(n-2)(n-3), where <math>s</math> is the sample standard deviation.x(bar) is the arithmetic mean. |
| − | *In this function argumentsmay be any type like numbers,names,arrays or references that contain numbers. | + | *In this function arguments may be any type like numbers,names,arrays or references that contain numbers. |
| | *We can give logical values and text references also directly. | | *We can give logical values and text references also directly. |
| | *Suppose the referred argument contains any null cells, logical values like that values are not considered. | | *Suppose the referred argument contains any null cells, logical values like that values are not considered. |
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| | #The referred arguments could not convert | | #The referred arguments could not convert |
| | in to numbers. | | in to numbers. |
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| | ==Examples== | | ==Examples== |
| | 1.DATA | | 1.DATA |