Estimator

Sample excess kurtosis

Let {𝑋𝑗}𝑛𝑗=1 be a sample of independent and identically distributed real random variables with mean 𝜇 and variance 𝜎2. The sample excess kurtosis is #m/def/prob

1𝑛𝑛𝑗=1(𝑋𝑗――𝑋𝑛)4𝑆4𝑛3

where 𝑆2𝑛 is the Sample variance. This estimates the Excess kurtosis of a sample.


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