The Meaning of Kurtosis: Darlington Reexamined

Authors
Moors, J. J. A.
Citation
A. Moors, J. J., The Meaning of Kurtosis: Darlington Reexamined, American statistician , 40(4), 1986, pp. 283-284
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1986
Pages
283 - 284
Database
ACNP
SICI code
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 . ± ..