excess kurtosis

noun

Kurtosis minus 3; the difference between the kurtosis of a given distribution and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

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Meanings

nounexcess kurtosis (plural excess kurtoses)

plural excess kurtoses

  1. mathematicsKurtosis minus 3; the difference between the kurtosis of a given distribution and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
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