Japanese Journal of Clinical Chemistry
Online ISSN : 2187-4077
Print ISSN : 0370-5633
ISSN-L : 0370-5633
Normal Range Calculation: Selecction of the Distribution Which Conform to Mean, Standard Deviation and Skewness
TOSHIAKI USUI
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1982 Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 300-305

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Abstract
A Statistical distribution model (dislocated lognormal distribution). which is convertible to normal distribution after transformation of the variable by log (x-a), is adopted as a model for normal range calculation. The distribution parameters are calculated from sample statistics (mean, standard deviation and skewness). The distribution conform well to non-normal and non-lognormal distributions. Calculated normal ranges are makedely affected by a few cases of abnormal data, and the method is only applicable to pure normal samples.
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