Mean of log-normal [🇷 for BE/BA]

posted by d_labes  – Berlin, Germany, 2010-05-03 18:22 (5888 d 21:00 ago) – Posting: # 5276
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dear martin!

❝ ... When you want to generate log-normal distributed random variables with a given mean and CV on the observed scale - I suggest to use meanlog=log(mean)-0.5*log(1+cv^2) instead of meanlog=log(mean) ...


Thanks for clarifying this.

Regards,

Detlew

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