Corrected javadoc, minor improvment to computation.

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Phil Steitz 2004-03-21 00:22:26 +00:00
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@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ package org.apache.commons.math.stat.univariate.moment;
import java.io.Serializable; import java.io.Serializable;
import org import org.apache.commons.math.stat.univariate.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
.apache
.commons
.math
.stat
.univariate
.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
/** /**
* @version $Revision: 1.17 $ $Date: 2004/03/04 04:25:09 $ * Computes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtosis">Kurtosis</a>.
* <p>
* We use the following (unbiased) formula to define kurtosis:
* <p>
* kurtosis = { [n(n+1) / (n -1)(n - 2)(n-3)] sum[(x_i - mean)^4] / std^4 } - [3(n-1)^2 / (n-2)(n-3)]
* <p>
* where n is the number of values, mean is the {@link Mean} and std is the {@link StandardDeviation}
*
* @version $Revision: 1.18 $ $Date: 2004/03/21 00:22:26 $
*/ */
public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable { public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {
@ -119,16 +121,10 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
Mean mean = new Mean(); Mean mean = new Mean();
/** /**
* Returns the kurtosis for this collection of values. Kurtosis is a * Returns the kurtosis for this collection of values.
* measure of the "peakedness" of a distribution. This algorithm uses a
* corrected two pass algorithm of the following
* <a href="http://lib-www.lanl.gov/numerical/bookcpdf/c14-1.pdf">
* corrected two pass formula (14.1.8)</a>, and also referenced in:
* <p> * <p>
* "Algorithms for Computing the Sample Variance: Analysis and * See {@link Kurtosis} for the definition used in the computation.
* Recommendations", Chan, T.F., Golub, G.H., and LeVeque, R.J. *
* 1983, American Statistician, vol. 37, pp. 242?247.
* </p>
* @param values Is a double[] containing the values * @param values Is a double[] containing the values
* @param begin processing at this point in the array * @param begin processing at this point in the array
* @param length the number of elements to include * @param length the number of elements to include
@ -169,8 +165,9 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
// standard deviation // standard deviation
double accum3 = 0.0; double accum3 = 0.0;
for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) { for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
accum3 += Math.pow((values[i] - m) / stdDev, 4.0); accum3 += Math.pow((values[i] - m), 4.0);
} }
accum3 /= Math.pow(stdDev, 4.0d);
// Get N // Get N
double n0 = length; double n0 = length;