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The Meaning of Kurtosis: Darlington Reexamined

Abstract There seems to be no universal agreement about the meaning and interpretation of kurtosis. An easy interpretation is given here: kurtosis is a measure of dispersion around the two values μ ± σ.

J. Moors | J. J. A. Moors

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