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# scipy.stats.mstats.kurtosistest

`scipy.stats.mstats.``kurtosistest`(a, axis=0)

  Tests whether a dataset has normal kurtosis

  This function tests the null hypothesis that the kurtosis of the population from which the sample was drawn is that of the normal distribution: `kurtosis = 3(n-1)/(n+1)`.

  Parameters : | a : array array of the sample data axis : int or None the axis to operate along, or None to work on the whole array. The default is the first axis.
  Returns : | z-score : float The computed z-score for this test. p-value : float The 2-sided p-value for the hypothesis test

  Notes

  Valid only for n>20. The Z-score is set to 0 for bad entries.

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