[R-sig-Geo] Gaussian transformation

[Edzer Pebesma]

one way is the rank transform:

x = rgamma(100, 0.1)
hist(x)
y = qnorm((order(x)/(length(x) + 0.5)))
qqnorm(y)

but transforming your conditionally simulated values back will be
tricky. And I'm not sure about the 0.5.

On 04/28/2015 06:09 PM, Carlo Innocenti wrote:
> I would like to perform a gaussian conditional simulation on a variable
> that is highly skewed.
> Could someone suggest me how to transform my variable in a gaussian
> distribution?
> 
> Thanks,
> Carlo
> 
> 

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Edzer Pebesma
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