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Library: xplore
See also: skewness kurtosis

Macro: excess
Description: Computes the excess (kurtosis-3) for a given vector.

Usage: e = excess (x)
Input:
x vector
Output:
e scalar

Example:
library("xplore")
randomize (0)
x = normal (100)
excess (x)
Result:
Contents of e
[1,]   0.27942

Library: xplore
See also: skewness kurtosis

Keywords - Function groups - @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Author: TTK, 960207; Marlene Mueller 990308
(C) MD*TECH Method and Data Technologies, 28.6.1999