Kurtosis is inversely related to peakedness! stats.stackexchange.com/a/659828/102...
Family of symmetric unimodal distributions where kurtosis is *inversely* related to peakedness?
The paper "On the Meaning and Use of Kurtosis" was published by DeCarlo in the prestigious journal Psychological Methods in 1997. It is highly cited (>1500 cites, 129 "highly
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January 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Kurtosis is inversely related to peakedness! stats.stackexchange.com/a/659828/102...
Kurtosis does not measure peakedness or flatness. There are infinitely peaked distributions with very low kurtosis, and there are low, perfectly flat-topped distributions with very high kurtosis. Kurtosis measures tail weight only.
See stats.stackexchange.com/a/481022/102...
See stats.stackexchange.com/a/481022/102...
In comparison with a standard gaussian random variable, does a distribution with heavy tails have higher kurtosis?
Under a standard gaussian distribution (mean 0 and variance 1), the kurtosis is $3$. Compared to a heavy tail distribution, is the kurtosis normally larger or smaller?
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December 22, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Kurtosis does not measure peakedness or flatness. There are infinitely peaked distributions with very low kurtosis, and there are low, perfectly flat-topped distributions with very high kurtosis. Kurtosis measures tail weight only.
See stats.stackexchange.com/a/481022/102...
See stats.stackexchange.com/a/481022/102...
A recent show at the Ritchey Hotel in Alpine, Texas, with Allyson Santucci.
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
A recent show at the Ritchey Hotel in Alpine, Texas, with Allyson Santucci.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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