the degree of peakedness of the graph of a statistical distribution, indicative of the concentration around the mean
Origin of kurtosis
from Classical Greek kyrt?sis, a bulging, convexity from kyrtos, curved: for Indo-European base see curvekurtosis
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kurtosis
noun
pl. kur·to·ses,A quantity indicating how sharply a probability distribution function increases and decreases around the distribution's mean.
Origin of kurtosis
Greek kurtōsis bulging, curvature from kurtoun to make bulge from kurtos convex ; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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The general form or a quantity indicative of the general form of a statistical frequency curve near the mean of the distribution.
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Noun
(plural kurtoses)
Origin
From Ancient Greek κύρτωσις (kurtōsis, “bulging, convexity”), from κυρτός (kurtos, “bulging”).
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