[R] Transforming Data to Normal Distribution

[John Fox]

Dear Swami,

The box.cox.powers function in the car package does unconditional 
univariate and multivariate Box-Cox transformations.

John

At 06:01 PM 1/4/2002 -0600, Sukhaswami Malladi wrote:

>Are there any functions/procedures/tools under R that help in
>transforming a one column non-normal data into a normal distribution ?
>
>i.e., if it is a power transformation of the form y = x^p (can p
>be determined?) or if y = log(x) is the transform ?
>
>Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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John Fox
Department of Sociology
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M4
email: jfox at mcmaster.ca
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