KURTOSIS

KURTOSIS

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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Main Author: María Edith Seier Zúñiga
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 2014-09-01
Series:Pesquimat
Subjects:
curtosis
colas pesadas
apuntamiento
normalidad
Online Access:http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/matema/article/view/9308
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spelling doaj-ca6993f6827f447ea9927f4d5bbdec752020-11-25T00:59:50ZspaUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosPesquimat1560-912X1609-84392014-09-016210.15381/pes.v6i2.93088303KURTOSISMaría Edith Seier Zúñiga0Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos – Lima - Lima – PerúThis 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.http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/matema/article/view/9308curtosiscolas pesadasapuntamientonormalidad
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curtosis
colas pesadas
apuntamiento
normalidad
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title KURTOSIS
title_short KURTOSIS
title_full KURTOSIS
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publisher Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
series Pesquimat
issn 1560-912X
1609-8439
publishDate 2014-09-01
description 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.
topic curtosis
colas pesadas
apuntamiento
normalidad
url http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/matema/article/view/9308
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