mesokurtic
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Mesokurtic — A term used in a statistical context where the kurtosis of a distribution is similar, or identical, to the kurtosis of a normally distributed data set. Kurtosis is a measure of a distribution’s peak, which means how much of the distribution … Investment dictionary
mesokurtic — meso·kur·tic … English syllables
mesokurtic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kərd.ik adjective Etymology: mes + Greek kyrtos bulging, convex, curved + English ic; akin to Latin curvus bent, curved more at crown : closely resembling a normal frequency distribution : neither leptokurtic nor platykurtic … Useful english dictionary
Kurtosis — In probability theory and statistics, kurtosis (from the Greek word κυρτός, kyrtos or kurtos, meaning bulging) is any measure of the peakedness of the probability distribution of a real valued random variable.[1] In a similar way to the concept… … Wikipedia
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Pearson distribution — The Pearson distribution is a family of continuous probability distributions. It was first published by Karl Pearson in 1895 and subsequently extended by him in 1901 and 1916 in a series of articles on biostatistics. History The Pearson system… … Wikipedia
Mid-range — For loudspeakers, see mid range speaker. In statistics, the mid range or mid extreme of a set of statistical data values is the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum values in a data set,[1] or: As such, it is a measure of central tendency.… … Wikipedia
kurtosis — noun A measure of peakedness of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution. See Also: leptokurtosis, mesokurtosis, platykurtosis, excess kurtosis, mesokurtic,… … Wiktionary
mesokurtosis — adjective The property of having zero kurtosis See Also: kurtosis, mesokurtic … Wiktionary
Sample maximum and minimum — Box plots of the Michelson–Morley experiment, showing sample maximums and minimums. In statistics, the maximum and sample minimum, also called the largest observation, and smallest observation, are the values of the greatest and least elements of … Wikipedia
