ALL meanings of kurtosis
kur·to·sis
K k - noun kurtosis The sharpness of the peak of a frequency-distribution curve. 1
- noun kurtosis the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode. 1
- noun kurtosis a measure of the concentration of a distribution around its mean, esp the statistic B2 = m4/m22 where m2 and m4 are respectively the second and fourth moment of the distribution around the mean. In a normal distribution B2 = 3 0
- noun kurtosis the degree of peakedness of the graph of a statistical distribution, indicative of the concentration around the mean 0
- noun kurtosis (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. 0