Fix apparent copy/paste error skewness--> excess kurtosis (#17647)

jbrockmendel · jreback · commit b55561325957 · 2017-09-23T13:00:50.000-04:00
diff --git a/pandas/core/nanops.py b/pandas/core/nanops.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def nanskew(values, axis=None, skipna=True):
 
 @disallow('M8', 'm8')
 def nankurt(values, axis=None, skipna=True):
-    """ Compute the sample skewness.
+    """ Compute the sample excess kurtosis.
 
     The statistic computed here is the adjusted Fisher-Pearson standardized
     moment coefficient G2, computed directly from the second and fourth

Original file line number	Original file line	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def nanskew(values, axis=None, skipna=True):`
`565`		`565`
`566`	`@disallow('M8', 'm8')`	`566`	`@disallow('M8', 'm8')`
`567`	`def nankurt(values, axis=None, skipna=True):`	`567`	`def nankurt(values, axis=None, skipna=True):`
`568`	`- """ Compute the sample skewness.`	`568`	`+ """ Compute the sample excess kurtosis.`
`569`		`569`
`570`	`The statistic computed here is the adjusted Fisher-Pearson standardized`	`570`	`The statistic computed here is the adjusted Fisher-Pearson standardized`
`571`	`moment coefficient G2, computed directly from the second and fourth`	`571`	`moment coefficient G2, computed directly from the second and fourth`