* When calculating kurtosis, a result of +3.00 indicates the absence of kurtosis (distribution is mesokurtic).
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*For simplicity in its interpretation, some statisticians adjust this result to zero (i.e. kurtosis minus 3 equals zero), and then any reading other than zero is referred to as excess kurtosis.
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*Negative numbers indicate a platykurtic distribution and positive numbers indicate a leptokurtic distribution.
*The below table is listing the Kurtosis excess for the number of common distributions:
*The below table is listing the Kurtosis excess for the number of common distributions: