[scikit-learn] Fitting Lognormal Distribution

[Michael Eickenberg]

Hi Sanant,

On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Startup Hire <blrstartuphire at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Hope you are doing good.
>

I would like to think so, but you never know where ML will lead us ...


>
> I am working on a project where I need to do the following things:
>
> 1. I need to fit a lognormal distribution to a set of values [I know its
> lognormal by a simple XY scatter plot in excel]
>

if your distribution is lognormal, why don't you try fitting a gaussian to
the log of the values? is this too unstable?


>
> 2. I need to find the intersection of the lognormal distribution so that I
> can decide cut-off values based on that.
>

what exactly do you mean by intersection?


>
>
> Can you guide me on (1) and (2) can be achieved in python?
>
> Regards,
> Sanant
>


Michael
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