Objectives: Discuss what Kurtosis is. Compute the Kurtosis for both the grouped and ungrouped data. Be able to describe the Kurtosis measurement.
1 st type Leptokurtic Kurtosis - refers to the degree to which a distribution is peaked or flat. 3 types of Kurtosis 2 nd type 3 rd type Mesokurtic Platykurtic It has less kurtosis than the normal distribution . The kurtosis of this distribution is comparable to that of the normal distribution. It has more kurtosis than the normal distribution. K < 3 K = 3 K > 3
3 types of Kurtosis
Formulas used in Ungrouped data of Kurtosis
Where: Xi = Individual Values = Mean n = Number of Observations s = Standard Deviation Mean: For Ungrouped Data: Standard Deviation: