Alternative transformations to handle extreme values of the dependent variable

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 83, Issue 401, 1988, Pages 123-127

  Burbidge, John B ^a   Magee, Lonnie ^a   Robb, A Leslie ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inverse hyperbolic sine; Modified Box Cox; Outliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001118346     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1988.10478575     Document Type: Article

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