Plotting lognormal distribution

Ben Abbott bpabbott at mac.com
Tue Jun 10 06:14:32 CDT 2008


On Jun 10, 2008, at 6:31 AM, DimitryASuplatov wrote:

> Hello,
> I have 100000 values log-normally distributed. I can calculate its  
> mean
> and variance to create an "ideal" plot. Though I have some extreme
> values in my sample and I want to see them on the graph too.
>
> My question is: how to convert raw data to log-normal distribution  
> plot
> and draw exactly that plot, not the "ideal" one (by "ideal" plot I  
> mean
> the one calculated from PDF with specified mean and variance).
>
> Thanks.

I'm not certain what you're looking to do. Perhaps a histogram?

Is the picture respecting travel time at the link below what you'd  
like to see?

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram

Ben


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