`scipy.stats._stats_py:kurtosistest`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_stats_py.py:1687

Signature

def kurtosistest(a, axis = 0, nan_policy = propagate, alternative = two-sided, *, keepdims = False)

Summary

Test whether a dataset has normal kurtosis.

Extended Summary

This function tests the null hypothesis that the kurtosis of the population from which the sample was drawn is that of the normal distribution.

Parameters

a : array

Array of the sample data. Must contain at least five observations.

axis : int or None, default: 0

If an int, the axis of the input along which to compute the statistic. The statistic of each axis-slice (e.g. row) of the input will appear in a corresponding element of the output. If None, the input will be raveled before computing the statistic.

nan_policy : {'propagate', 'omit', 'raise'}

Defines how to handle input NaNs.

propagate: if a NaN is present in the axis slice (e.g. row) along which the statistic is computed, the corresponding entry of the output will be NaN.
omit: NaNs will be omitted when performing the calculation. If insufficient data remains in the axis slice along which the statistic is computed, the corresponding entry of the output will be NaN.
raise: if a NaN is present, a ValueError will be raised.

nan_policy='raise' and nan_policy='omit' are not supported by lazy backends, and nan_policy='omit' is not compatible with MArray input. For multidimensional input, nan_policy='omit' is supported only by the NumPy backend. Instead, mask NaN values using MArray; and use the default nan_policy. See Notes for support information.

alternative : {'two-sided', 'less', 'greater'}, optional

Defines the alternative hypothesis. The following options are available (default is 'two-sided'):

'two-sided': the kurtosis of the distribution underlying the sample is different from that of the normal distribution
'less': the kurtosis of the distribution underlying the sample is less than that of the normal distribution
'greater': the kurtosis of the distribution underlying the sample is greater than that of the normal distribution

keepdims : bool, default: False

If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the input array.

Returns

statistic : float: The computed z-score for this test.
pvalue : float: The p-value for the hypothesis test.

Notes

Valid only for n>20. This function uses the method described in ^[1].

Beginning in SciPy 1.9, np.matrix inputs (not recommended for new code) are converted to np.ndarray before the calculation is performed. In this case, the output will be a scalar or np.ndarray of appropriate shape rather than a 2D np.matrix. Similarly, while masked elements of masked arrays are ignored, the output will be a scalar or np.ndarray rather than a masked array with mask=False.

Examples

import numpy as np
from scipy.stats import kurtosistest

✓

kurtosistest(list(range(20)))
kurtosistest(list(range(20)), alternative='less')
kurtosistest(list(range(20)), alternative='greater')

✗

KurtosistestResult(statistic=np.float64(-1.7058104152122062), pvalue=np.float64(0.9559783083373583))

rng = np.random.default_rng()
s = rng.normal(0, 1, 1000)

✓

kurtosistest(s)

✗

KurtosistestResult(statistic=np.float64(1.3279083806029965), pvalue=np.float64(0.1842083758058639))

For a more detailed example, see :ref:`hypothesis_kurtosistest`.

Aliases

scipy.stats.kurtosistest