| f distribution | The distribution of the ratio of two independent quantities each of which is distributed like a variance in normally distributed samples. So named in honor of the English statistician and geneticist R.A. Fisher. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| frequency distribution | A statistical description of raw data in terms of the number or frequency of items characterised by each of a series or range of values of a continuous variable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lognormal distribution | If a variable y is such that x = log y, it is said to have a lognormal distribution; this is a skew distribution. (05 Mar 2000) |