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excess kurtosis

excess kurtosis noun: kurtosis minus 3; the difference between the kurtosis of a given distribution and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

Noun

excess kurtosis (plural excess kurtoses)

  1. Kurtosis minus 3; the difference between the kurtosis of a given distribution and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.

Forms of excess kurtosis

pluralexcess kurtoses

Questions about excess kurtosis

What does excess kurtosis mean?
Excess kurtosis means kurtosis minus 3; the difference between the kurtosis of a given distribution and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
What part of speech is excess kurtosis?
Excess kurtosis is a noun.
What is the plural of excess kurtosis?
The plural of excess kurtosis is excess kurtoses.

Words near excess kurtosis in the dictionary

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  5. excess kurtoses
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  7. excess return
  8. excess returns
  9. excessed
  10. excesses
  11. excessing

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