Kurtosis as Peakedness, 1905–2014. R.I.P.

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  2014

• Venue

  American Statistician

• Publication date

  2014-07-03

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1080/00031305.2014.917055PMID 25678714PMCID PMC4321753
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