Kurtosis
- Measure of the relative peakedness of a distribution.
K = 3 indicates
a normal ˇ§bellshapedˇ¨ distribution (mesokurtic).
K < 3 indicates a platykurtic distribution (flatter than a
normal distribution with shorter tails).
K > 3 indicates a leptokurtic distribution
(more peaked than a normal distribution with longer tails).
![](../Graph/skewness_zero.gif)
K = 3 indicates a normal ˇ§bellshapedˇ¨
distribution (mesokurtic).
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![](../Graph/Kurtosis_below_3.gif)
K < 3 indicates a platykurtic distribution.
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![](../Graph/Kurtosis_higher_3.gif)
K > 3 indicates a leptokurtic distribution.
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![](../Graph/Bimodal.gif)
Number of modes = 2 indicates a bimodal
distribution. |