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dispersion parameter

dispersion parameter

an index of the skewness (lopsidedness) or kurtosis (peakedness) of a distribution. The normal distribution thus does not need a dispersion parameter as skewness and kurtosis are not present (i.e., equal zero) in such a distribution. Also called scale parameter.

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