statsmodels.emplike.descriptive.DescStatUV.test_kurt

DescStatUV.test_kurt(kurt0, return_weights=False)

Returns -2 x log-likelihood and the p-value for the hypothesized kurtosis.

Parameters:

kurt0 : float

Kurtosis value to be tested

return_weights : bool

If True, function also returns the weights that maximize the likelihood ratio. Default is False.

Returns:

test_results : tuple

The log-likelihood ratio and p-value of kurt0