If Excel's Sample Kurtosis Coefficient Is Negative, We Conclude That

question 48

Multiple Choice

If Excel's sample kurtosis coefficient is negative, we conclude that

• A)the population is platykurtic, as long as the sample size is small.
• B)the population is leptokurtic, as long as the sample size is large.
• C)the coefficient is within the range of chance for a symmetric population.
• D)we should consult a table of percentiles that takes sample size into consideration.

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