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1984 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Normal and Log-Normal Distributions

verfasst von : R. B. G. Williams

Erschienen in: Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists

Verlag: Macmillan Education UK

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The binomial and Poisson distributions restrict the variable X to integer values. Two theoretical distributions that allow it to assume fractional values as well are the normal and log-normal distributions. Each is applicable to a wide variety of random variables.

Metadaten
Titel
The Normal and Log-Normal Distributions
verfasst von
R. B. G. Williams
Copyright-Jahr
1984
Verlag
Macmillan Education UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06815-9_9