KRest function

Kurtosis Estimator

Sample estimate of excess kurtosis, with option for ordinary kurtosis. This function will eventually have a robust estimator option.

KRest(x, excess = TRUE)

Arguments

• x: A numeric vector
• excess: A logical variable with default TRUE, which results in the computation of excess kurtosis, and FALSE results ordinary kurtosis.

Returns

numeric value of excess kurtosis or ordinary kurtosis

Examples

args(KRest)