Kurtosis calculator
Measure the "tailedness" of your data. High kurtosis = heavy tails and sharp peak. Low = light tails and flat.
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Interpreting kurtosis
Mesokurtic (≈ 3): Normal distribution. Leptokurtic (> 3): Sharp peak, heavy tails (more outliers). Platykurtic (< 3): Flat peak, light tails.
Excess kurtosis = kurtosis − 3. Normal has excess kurtosis = 0.
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