Variations on kurtosis estimation with different statistics software

Kurtosis, or a distribution’s fourth moment, is used to describe distributions and belongs to some normality contrast tests. Most of the statistical softwares include kurtosis, which makes the estimation to be relatively easy. Nevertheless, for a same data set, statistical softwares can provide a different result. The objective of this work is to depict kurtosis estimation differences between statistical softwares that are most commonly used among agricultural economists. Two samples were used to compare kurtosis coefficient estimation differences with nine different statistic softwares. Results shows that these differences are not due to a mistaken estimation procedure, but mainly because the term kurtosis is used wrongly. In conclusion, when working with a small sample size and adjustment factor is not considered, there is a 20% probability of making a mistaken conclusion.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barrantes Aguilar, Luz Elena
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	spa
Published:	Escuela de Agronegocios, Tecnológico de Costa Rica 2019
Online Access:	https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/eagronegocios/article/view/4456
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