leptokurtosis

English

Etymology

lepto- +‎ kurtosis

Noun

leptokurtosis (uncountable)

(statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Synonyms

(positive kurtosis): fat tail, heavy tail

Antonyms

platykurtosis

Related terms

Translations

Translations

French: leptokurticité (fr), lepto-kurticité (fr) f

See also

mesokurtosis

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