Log-transformation and its implications for data analysis

The log-transformation is widely used in biomedical and psychosocial research to deal with skewed data. This paper highlights serious problems in this classic approach for dealing with skewed data. Despite the common belief that the log transformation can decrease the variability of data and make da...

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Autores principales: FENG, Changyong, WANG, Hongyue, LU, Naiji, CHEN, Tian, HE, Hua, LU, Ying, TU, Xin M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Publishing 2014
Materias:
Biostatistics in Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25092958
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2014.02.009

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25092958
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2014.02.009

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