KURT function

KURT(First, Other...) KURT(First; Other...)

First

Number or { Number }

The first parameter.

Other

Number or { Number } (accepts many)

Additional parameters.

Returns

Number

A measure of how peaked or flat a distribution is.

Returns a measure of how peaked or flat a distribution is (the kurtosis) based on the given parameters. Use SKEW to determine how skewed a distribution is.

Example

KURT(1, 3, 4, 5, 7)KURT(1; 3; 4; 5; 7)

Returns 0.2, indicating that this distribution is slightly peaked.

Partly derived from the OpenOffice.org documentation, licensed under the Apache License 2.0.