nounpl: kurtoses or kurtosis
curtose
1. A statistical measure that describes the shape of a probability distribution, specifically the concentration of values in the tails relative to the center of the distribution
The kurtosis of the dataset indicates whether the distribution has heavy tails or light tails compared to a normal distribution.
A curtose do conjunto de dados indica se a distribuição tem caudas pesadas ou leves em comparação com uma distribuição normal.
2. The degree to which a distribution is peaked (leptokurtic) or flat (platykurtic) relative to a normal distribution
High kurtosis suggests extreme values are more likely than in a normal distribution.
A curtose alta sugere que valores extremos são mais prováveis do que em uma distribuição normal.
Kurtosis is a technical statistical term primarily used in academic, financial, and scientific contexts in both Brazil and the United States. It is rarely used in everyday conversation and is essential terminology for statisticians, economists, and data scientists. The term maintains its English form 'kurtosis' in many Brazilian technical documents alongside the Portuguese translation 'curtose'.
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