KURT function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

KURT

Returns the kurtosis, a measure of how peaked or flat a distribution is, compared to a normal distribution. Positive values indicate a relatively peaked distribution, while negative values indicate a relatively flat distribution.

 

Syntax

 

KURT(number; [number1]; ...)
number: The numbers or range containing the numbers that you want to calculate the kurtosis of. Eg., A2:A10

 

Examples

 

Formula

Result

=KURT(A2:A10)

2.11710405

=KURT(2;4;7;1;)

0.12987013

=KURT(Data)

-0.506852973


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

#DIV/0!

  • There are less than 4 numbers in the data set.

 

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