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bigban777
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi,

 

From section 2.2  Handling Skewness:

Could you Explan why it is necessary, how it can be used, how that method works (in my report i have to write 1 page of summary of that method)

P.S. I hope i can ask that kind questions here. 🙂

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Ksharp
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No. It is not right place to post. You should post it at SAS Statistical Procedures My thought is most of statistical model request variables confirm to NORMAL distribution , so Skewness is not acceptable. You need LOG() or Box-Cox transformation to make it looks like NORMAL distribution.

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Ksharp
Super User
No. It is not right place to post. You should post it at SAS Statistical Procedures My thought is most of statistical model request variables confirm to NORMAL distribution , so Skewness is not acceptable. You need LOG() or Box-Cox transformation to make it looks like NORMAL distribution.

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