Methods for Comparing the Means of Two Independent Log-Normal Samples
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR
- Vol. 53 (3) , 1129-35
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2533570
Abstract
Standard methods of using the t-test and the Wilcoxon test have deficiencies for comparing the means of two skewed log-normal samples. In this paper, we propose two new methods to overcome these deficiencies: (1) a likelihood-based approach and (2) a bootstrap-based approach. Our simulation study shows that the likelihood-based approach is the best in terms of the type I error rate and power when data follow a log-normal distribution.Keywords
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