Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does platykurtic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word platykurtic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (statistics) Of a distribution: having negative kurtosis.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
Multivariate kurtosis can be problematic by either inflating or deflating standard errors depending on whether the distribution is leptokurtic or platykurtic.
More descriptively, platykurtic curves tend to be elongated and flat, leptokurtic appear taller and narrow, and mesokurtic curves tend to be bell-shaped like the normal curve.
Figure 1 Mesokurtic, leptokurtic and platykurtic.
For instance, regenerative recruitment of adjacent release units might explain the platykurtic sub-population of sparks under some experimental conditions.
Standard deviation value is 1.344 curve is symmetric and platykurtic.
Skewness value is approximately 0 thus curve is symmetrical and platykurtic.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
11-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024