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fat tail
noun
The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
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These kernels are characterized by a thin, intermediate and a fat tail, respectively.
In the language of statistics, such a pattern has a "fat tail" -- a relatively large number of apparently unusual occurrences.
He worries about a "fat tail event," like the breakup of the euro zone, which would disrupt normal investment returns.
Greater accountability, stronger inspection and more diversity among school providers have made major inroads into the long and fat tail of under-performing schools.
Statisticians call it a fat tail.
Simply put, a financial fat tail describes a rare and extreme event.
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Evidence shows that the first domesticated sheep were thin-tailed and that the fat-tail developed later [ 45].
The association study showed significant association between EDG1 gene haplotypes and banding patterns with fat-tail traits in Lori-Bakhtiari sheep except for height of fat-tail.
It is observed that CRMs tend to have a fat-tail distribution.
Other recent research has found that the markets closely follow one particular fat-tail pattern, known as a lognormal distribution.
While backfat tended to be decreased by ZH there was no effect on fat-tail in Lori-Bakhtiari lambs.
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