Confidence intervals for the mean of a log-normal distribution

Abstract

Methods for calculating confidence intervals for the mean are reviewed for the case where the data come from a log-normal distribution. In a simulation study it is found that a variation of the method suggested by Cox works well in practice. An approach based on Generalized confidence intervals also works well. A comparison of our results with those of Zhou and Gao (a997) reveals that it may be preferable to base the interval on t values, rather than on z values

Keywords

Confidence interval; Log-normal distribution; Generalized confidence interval

Published in

Journal Of Statistics Education
2005, Volume: 13, number: 1, pages: -

SLU Authors

• Olsson, Ulf

  • Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/5551