How does the Box-Cox transformation handle negative data?
How does the Box-Cox transformation handle negative data?
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Updated on 03-May-2024
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How does the Box-Cox transformation handle negative data?
Bhavesh Badani
03-May-2024The Box-Cox transformation doesn’t directly handle negative data. However, there’s a modified version of it for negative values. Here’s how it works:
Negative Data:
f(x)=λ(x+c)λ−1
Remember, the goal is to make our data more normally distributed.