kurtosis
A coefficient that describes the degree of concentration for a distribution of values, based on a mathematical average. The kurtosis coefficient is a value between -0.5 and 0.5. Colloquially, the Kurtosis coefficient is an average that indicates how sharp a distribution is with respect to a standard normal distribution.
Related terms
skewness, standard normal distribution

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