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Lognormal distribution
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Lognormal distribution
Pattern of frequency of occurrence in which the logarithm of the variable follows a normal distribution. Lognormal distributions are used to describe returns calculated over periods of a year or more.


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Quantile-quantile plots confirmed the approximate log-normal distribution of the water-quality measures, which are often approximately log-normally distributed (El-Shaarawi 1989; El-Shaarawi and Viveros 1997; Noble et al.
For example, recently in the literature (see [1,2,18]) there has been a widespread use of the log-normal distribution for P.
In order to formulate the model, the log-normal distribution is chosen as an approximation to the true distribution.
 
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