KURTOSIS

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This work reviews the literature on kurtosis from Pearson'e definition in the early 1900's to our days. The evolution of the concept of kurtosis is described and the different ways of quantifying it are compared; graphs that help to understand the ideas are included. Kurtosis is also discu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Seier Zúñiga, María Edith
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2003
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Lenguaje:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/9308
Enlace del recurso:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/matema/article/view/9308
Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
Materia:kurtosis
heavy tails
peakedness
normality.
curtosis
colas pesadas
apuntamiento
normalidad
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Sumario:This work reviews the literature on kurtosis from Pearson'e definition in the early 1900's to our days. The evolution of the concept of kurtosis is described and the different ways of quantifying it are compared; graphs that help to understand the ideas are included. Kurtosis is also discussed in the context of bimodality and tests for normality. Simulation results and comments based on our work on the topic are included.
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