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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, optional Axis along which to compute test. Default is 0. If None, compute over the whole array a.
  Returns: | statistic : float The computed z-score for this test. pvalue : 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.