| Library: | xplore |
| See also: | skewness kurtosis |
| Quantlet: | excess | |
| Description: | Computes the excess (kurtosis-3) for a given vector. |
| Usage: | e = excess (x) | |
| Input: | ||
| x | vector | |
| Output: | ||
| e | scalar | |
library("xplore")
randomize(0)
x = normal(100)
excess(x)
Contents of e [1,] 0.27942