kurtosis
kurtosis [ker-to´sis]
[kerto′sis]
the degree of peakedness or flatness of a probability distribution relative to the normal distribution with the same variance.
kurtosis [ker-to´sis]
the degree of peakedness or flatness of a probability distribution, relative to the normal distribution with the same variance. See illustration.
Kurtosis. From Dorland's, 2000.
kurtosis
the quality of peakedness in a unimodal distribution. Abnormalities are leptokurtosis where values are clustered about the mean and the tails of the curve, and platykurtosis where the clustering produces a plateau-shaped curve.
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