KURTOSIS Function

Returns the kurtosis.

Category: Descriptive Statistics

Syntax

KURTOSIS(argument-1,argument-2,argument-3,argument-4<,…,argument-n> )

Required Argument

argument

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression.

Details

At least four non-missing arguments are required. Otherwise, the function returns a missing value. If all non-missing arguments have equal values, the kurtosis is mathematically undefined. The KURTOSIS function returns a missing value and sets _ERROR_ equal to 1.
The argument list can consist of a variable list, which is preceded by OF.

Example

The following SAS statements produce these results.
SAS Statement
Result 
x1=kurtosis(5,9,3,6);
 
0.928
 
x2=kurtosis(5,8,9,6,.);
 
-3.3
 
x3=kurtosis(8,9,6,1);
 
1.5
 
x4=kurtosis(8,1,6,1);
 
-4.483379501
 
x5=kurtosis(of x1-x4);
 
-5.065692754
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