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What does kurtosis actually tell you about your data?
Kurtosis describes how heavy a distribution's tails are, not how peaked it is. Here is how to read it, in plain language.
Read the answer →Why does standard deviation square the differences?
Squaring deviations makes variances add up, ties into least squares and the normal distribution, and keeps the math clean.
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