Which Transformation?

Language

Transform Data About

Suggested Transformations

Box-CoxYeo-JohnsonTukey's Ladders PowerGuerrero-JohnsonInverse/ReciprocalSquare RootCubic RootLogarithmicLog-SinhLog-LogLog-Log ComplementarLogarithmic ReturnKineticsNegative LogarithmicNormal ScoresExponentialBy PositionsZ-Score NormalizationDecimal ScaleRobust ScaleAbsolute Maximum ScaleMin-Max NormalizationUnit Length ScaleProbability IntegralWhiteningArc SineSquare Root Sine ArcFolded ExponentialProbitLogitchiPowerIsometric Logratio

Characteristics

Analysis

Linear Regression

t-test

ANOVA

Generalised linear model

Survival Analysis

Logistic Regression

Quantile Regression

Neural Network

Support Vector Machine

Principal component analysis

Discriminant Analysis

k-nearest neighbours

k-means

independent component analysis

Distributions

Positive Asymmetric

Negative Asymmetric

Symmetric

Logistic

Binomial

Poisson

Exponential

Uniform

Objectives

Normality

Variance Stabilization

Linearisation

Logistic Model Generalisation

Normalization

Collinearity

Uniformity

Isometry

Data Type

Continuous

Discrete

Binary

Proportional

Ordinals

Compositional

Value Range

Strictly Positive

Between 0 and 1 (inclusive)

Non Zero

Non Negative

Between 0 and 1 (exclusive)

Greater than -1

Data Format

Univariate

Bivariate

Multivariate

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This work was developed as a result of the dissertation 'Comprehensive Analysis of Data Transformation Methods', from the Master's Degree in Biostatistics and Biometrics at Universidade Aberta.