- Machine Learning for Developers
- Rodolfo Bonnin
- 66字
- 2025-04-04 18:06:58
Kurtosis
Kurtosis gives us an idea of the central concentration of a distribution, defining how acute the central area is, or the reverse—how distributed the function's tail is.
The formula for kurtosis is as follows:

In the following diagram, we can clearly see how the new metrics that we are learning can be intuitively understood:

Depiction of the how the distribution shape influences Kurtosis