How would you explain platykurtic and leptokurtic distributions to a friend not taking this class?

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How would you explain platykurtic and leptokurtic distributions to a friend not taking this class?

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A platykurtic distribution has thinner tail than that of normal Distribution(Which is mesokurtic) , sometimes no tail at all . Rather it has a flat surface and looks like inverted U .

Eg.: Uniform Distribution

Whereas , a Leptokurtic distribution has fatter tails than that of Normal distribution . It has a sharp /pointed surface and looks like inverted V .

eg. ; t distribution .

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