Definitions For Kurtosis

Noun

KURTOSIS (plural kurtoses, kurtosises) (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. (statistics) excess kurtosis, excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

Derived terms

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Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 峰度 (fēngdù) Czech: špičatost, f, koeficient špičatosti, m Finnish: huipukkuus, kurtoosi French: kurtosis, m, coefficient d'aplatissement, m Portuguese: curtose, f Russian: эксце́сс, m, sc=Cyrl, коэффицие́нт эксце́сса, m (koefficiént ekscéssa, sc=Cyrl) Spanish: curtosis, f Tagalog: umbok

Etymology

From "bulging, convexity", from κυρτός, , bulging.