mesokurtic
/ˌmezəˈkərtik/ /ˌmē-
/adjective Statistics
(Of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution. Compare with leptokurtic, platykurtic.Using the formula provided in many other textbooks mesokurtic data will return a kurtosis of 3.0...
- 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.
- The mesokurtic distribution for Section C falls in-between these two extremes, showing both a moderate tendency to cluster and a moderate tendency to disperse.
Derivatives
mesokurtosis
Origin
Early 20th century: from meso- 'middle' + Greek kurtos 'bulging' + -ic.