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Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality
Normally distributed data is crucial for the application of large-scale statistical analysis. To statisticians, the most important assumptions of statistical users are the adequacy of the data and the normal distribution of the data. However, users are constantly forced to deal with unusual data. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35600451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09370 |
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author | Hamasha, Mohammad M. Ali, Haneen Hamasha, Sa'd Ahmed, Abdulaziz |
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description | Normally distributed data is crucial for the application of large-scale statistical analysis. To statisticians, the most important assumptions of statistical users are the adequacy of the data and the normal distribution of the data. However, users are constantly forced to deal with unusual data. This includes changing the method used to be less sensitive to non-normal data or transforming that data to normal data. In addition, common mathematical transformation methods (for example, Box-Cox) do not work on complex distributions, and each method works on limited data shapes. In this paper, a novel approach is presented to transform any data into normally distributed data. We refer to our approach as the Ultra-fine transformation method. The article's novelty is that the proposed approach is powerful enough to accurately transform any data with any distribution to the standard normal distribution. Besides this approach's usefulness, it is simple in both theory and in application, and users can easily retrieve the original data from its transformed state. Therefore, we recommend using this method for the data used in the statistical method, even if the data are normal. |
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spelling | pubmed-91181242022-05-20 Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality Hamasha, Mohammad M. Ali, Haneen Hamasha, Sa'd Ahmed, Abdulaziz Heliyon Research Article Normally distributed data is crucial for the application of large-scale statistical analysis. To statisticians, the most important assumptions of statistical users are the adequacy of the data and the normal distribution of the data. However, users are constantly forced to deal with unusual data. This includes changing the method used to be less sensitive to non-normal data or transforming that data to normal data. In addition, common mathematical transformation methods (for example, Box-Cox) do not work on complex distributions, and each method works on limited data shapes. In this paper, a novel approach is presented to transform any data into normally distributed data. We refer to our approach as the Ultra-fine transformation method. The article's novelty is that the proposed approach is powerful enough to accurately transform any data with any distribution to the standard normal distribution. Besides this approach's usefulness, it is simple in both theory and in application, and users can easily retrieve the original data from its transformed state. Therefore, we recommend using this method for the data used in the statistical method, even if the data are normal. Elsevier 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9118124/ /pubmed/35600451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09370 Text en Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hamasha, Mohammad M. Ali, Haneen Hamasha, Sa'd Ahmed, Abdulaziz Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title | Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title_full | Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title_fullStr | Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title_full_unstemmed | Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title_short | Ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
title_sort | ultra-fine transformation of data for normality |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9118124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35600451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09370 |
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