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Adding a basic example would be nice. ``See Also`` can refer to ``statsmodels.api.stats.Describe``, which is similar but with more options.\r\n- Adding ``bias=True`` to apply to ``skew`` and ``kurtosis`` makes sense to me.\r\n- Empty input isn't handled correctly.\r\n- Tests: the comments about precision can be checked and then removed, a basic test for the ``ddof`` keyword can be added, and a test for ``axis=None`` would also be good.\r\n"}}