Re: st: goodness-of-fit test for lognormal distribution

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 23:12 30/05/04 +0300, Syed wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> How can I test whether a variable is lognormally distributed?
The -ladder- command (part of official Stata) tests for the lognormal 
distribution, and also a lot of power transformations. In Stata, type 
-whelp ladder- to find out more.

Hope this helps.

Roger


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