Q6. A distribution that is more peaked than normal is:
A) leptokurtic. B) skewed. C) platykurtic.
Q7. A distribution that has positive excess kurtosis is:
A) more skewed than a normal distribution. B) more peaked than a normal distribution. C) less peaked than a normal distribution.
Q8. Which of the following statements about skewness and kurtosis is least accurate? A) Kurtosis is measured using deviations raised to the fourth power. B) Values of relative skewness in excess of 0.5 in absolute value indicate large levels of skewness. C) Positive values of kurtosis indicate a distribution that has fat tails.
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