Title:  The Log F:  A Distribution for All Seasons

Presenter:  Dr. Marty Spears, Harding University

A family of statistical models based on the logarithm of an F variate was introduced over 20 years ago.  This family of distributions is extremely versatile, but is little appreciated by the statistical community.  The log F family of distributions belongs in the tool box of applied statisticians and should be used in data exploration.  Examples of the log F model will be presented that cover a variety of statistical functions and several application areas.  Details will be provided for where to obtain free computer code to fit the models to data.