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Glossary “K” Definition of Terms in DataMyte
K
For process capability studies: a measure of difference between the process mean and the specification mean (nominal).
Kurtosis
A measure of the flatness of a curve. Used to describe curves that are symmetrical, but not normal. If the distribution has longer tails than a normal distribution of the same standard deviation, then it is said to have positive kurtosis (platykurtosis); if it has shorter tails, then it has negative kurtosis (leptokurtosis).