Positive Kurtosis Graph. In terms of shape a platykurtic distribution has thinner tails examples of platykurtic distributions include the continuous and discrete uniform distributions and the raised cosine distribution the most platykurtic distribution of all is the bernoulli distribution with p 1 2 for. Excess kurtosis might be positive negative or zero.
Let s see the main three types of kurtosis. The distribution has a lower and wider peak and thinner tails. Kurtosis is useful in statistics for making inferences for example as to financial risks in an investment.
Kurtosis is useful in statistics for making inferences for example as to financial risks in an investment.
A distribution with negative excess kurtosis is called platykurtic or platykurtotic platy means broad. Excess kurtosis might be positive negative or zero. The distribution has a lower and wider peak and thinner tails. It indicates a lot of things maybe wrong data entry or other things.
