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Is Alcohol Consumption Lognormally Distributed?
Author(s) -
Skog OleJørgen
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1980.tb02442.x
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , alcohol , psychology , sociology , chemistry , social science , biochemistry
Summary The empirical evidence for the hypothesis of lognormality is reviewed. A theoretical, argument suggesting systematic deviations from lognormality is outlined, and some ‘new’ data are presented.