Question

Kurtosis refers to the amount of smoothness or pointedness of the curve. a tall, thin curve is described as being leptokurtic. a short, flat curve is platykurtic.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

True. Kurtosis is used to measure how pointed the curve is. A tall, thin curve is described as being leptokurtic. A short, flat curve is platykurtic. A normal curve is said to be mesokurtic.