How does negative kurtosis affect the tails of a data distribution?

  • It has no effect on the tails of the distribution.
  • It makes the distribution perfectly symmetrical.
  • It makes the tails of the distribution heavier.
  • It makes the tails of the distribution lighter.
Negative kurtosis, also known as platykurtic kurtosis, makes the tails of the data distribution lighter, indicating fewer extreme outliers. The distribution is flatter or more spread out than a normal distribution.
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