Compared to a Normal distribution, what is the standard deviation of a leptokurtic distribution?
A) Same as Normal distribution,
B) Less,
C) Greater than Normal distribution?
Compared to a Normal distribution, what is the standard deviation of a leptokurtic distribution?
A) Same as Normal distribution,
B) Less,
C) Greater than Normal distribution?
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(They probably want you to say it’s the same, but that the kurtosis is greater than the normal distribution. But you can have normal distributions with σ = 1 or σ = 2 or σ = 3, and leptokurtic distributions with σ = 1 or σ = 2 or σ = 3. It’s a stupid question.)