[R] HELP asin transformation

[Jeff Newmiller]

This is a math question, not an R question. You cannot give numbers to asin that are less than -1 or greater than 1 and get a defined answer.
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On February 22, 2015 10:28:24 AM PST, CHIRIBOGA Xavier <xavier.chiriboga at unine.ch> wrote:
>Dear all,
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>I attempted to transform my data using "asin" but a WARNING message
>appears:
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>dat1$Abu.tr<-asin(sqrt(dat1$Abundance/100))
>Warning message:
>In asin(sqrt(dat1$Abundance/100)) : NaNs produced
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>What does it mean? Is it a problem? How can I solve this?
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>Thank you!
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>XAVIER
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