kurtosis
Noun

kurtosis

  1. (statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
  2. (statistics) Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
Translations
  • French: kurtosis, coefficient d'aplatissement
  • Portuguese: curtose
  • Russian: эксце́сс
  • Spanish: curtosis



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