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Log-normal is a quite nasty heavy-tailed distribution as it's easy to take it for normal if you have small sample sizes.
This has tricked the safety calculations of a few trials. I don't think it's too worrying or generalized, just some area to improve.
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Log-normal is a quite nasty heavy-tailed distribution as it's easy to take it for normal if you have small sample sizes.
This has tricked the safety calculations of a few trials. I don't think it's too worrying or generalized, just some area to improve.