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susan
August 5th, 2005, 07:59 AM
Say I have a variable X which follows lognormal distribution. So log(X)=y follows normal distribution. In the Blocksim, which one the mean value required input for the vairable X: mean(X),ln(mean(X)), or mean(y)?

Many thanks.

tarik
August 5th, 2005, 10:46 AM
The mean and the standard deviation of the lognormal distribution are the mean of the log of times and the standard deviation of the log of times