kurtosis (0 synonym found)

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Definition of kurtosis:

(n) : (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.
(n) : (statistics) Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

Definition of kurtosis:

(n) : (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.
(n) : (statistics) Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

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