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A remark on the shape of the logistic distribution

GOVIND S. MUDHOLKAR, E. OLUSEGUN GEORGE

Biometrika · 1978 · Volume 65 · Issue 3

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/65.3.667

Abstract

SUMMARY The logistic distribution function, which is known to be very close t a normal distribution, is shown to be much closer to the Student t distribution with nine degrees of freedom.

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