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The Lognormal Distribution

The lognormal distribution is a commonly used distribution for modelling asymmetric data.  It’s just the log of a Normal distribution right?  Well no, it’s actually the other way around.  You take the log of a lognormal distribution to arrive at a normal distribution.  Is it just me, but I always have a bit of a mental block about this, it always feels a bit back to front.

In this post I will explore the relationship between a lognormal distribution and a normal distribution.

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