pandas.core.window.Expanding.kurt

Expanding.kurt(**kwargs)

Calculate unbiased expanding kurtosis.

This function uses Fisher’s definition of kurtosis without bias.

Parameters:

**kwargs

Under Review.

Returns:

Series or DataFrame

Returned object type is determined by the caller of the expanding calculation

See also

Series.expanding

Calling object with Series data

DataFrame.expanding

Calling object with DataFrames

Series.kurt

Equivalent method for Series

DataFrame.kurt

Equivalent method for DataFrame

scipy.stats.skew

Third moment of a probability density

scipy.stats.kurtosis

Reference SciPy method

Notes

A minimum of 4 periods is required for the expanding calculation.

Examples

The example below will show an expanding calculation with a window size of four matching the equivalent function call using scipy.stats.

>>> arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 999]
>>> import scipy.stats
>>> fmt = "{0:.6f}"  # limit the printed precision to 6 digits
>>> print(fmt.format(scipy.stats.kurtosis(arr[:-1], bias=False)))
-1.200000
>>> print(fmt.format(scipy.stats.kurtosis(arr, bias=False)))
4.999874
>>> s = pd.Series(arr)
>>> s.expanding(4).kurt()
0         NaN
1         NaN
2         NaN
3   -1.200000
4    4.999874
dtype: float64