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The Log Normal Distribution

Syntax

dlnorm(x, meanlog=0, sdlog=1)
plnorm(q, meanlog=0, sdlog=1)
qlnorm(p, meanlog=0, sdlog=1)
rlnorm(n, meanlog=0, sdlog=1)

Description

These functions provide information about the log normal distribution whose logarithm has mean equal to meanlog and standard deviation equal to sdlog. dlnorm gives the density, plnorm gives the distribution function qlnorm gives the quantile function and rlnorm generates random deviates.

If meanlog or sdlog are not specified they assume the default values of 0 and 1 respectively.

The log normal distribution has density

f(x) = 1/(sqrt(2 pi) sigma x) e^-((log x - mu)^2 / (2 sigma^2))

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where μ and σ are the mean and standard deviation of the logarithm.

See Also

dnorm, etc.