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kurtosis
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kurtosishas definition The peakedness or flatness in the graphical representation of a statistical distribution.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:32:32.0
is a kind of statistical quantity2001-09-27 09:32:32.0
quantityhas unit2001-09-27 09:33:12.0
numberhas value2001-09-27 09:32:57.0