Transforms on Response Variable

Here, "y" denotes an observed value of the response variable in ANOVA or Regression.

This information is largely taken from Hicks, section 3.8.

See also Box-Cox transforms.

These two transformations shorten the tail of a left-skewed distribution.

y³

y²

These four distributions shorten the tail of a right-skewed distribution.

sqrt(y)

ln(y)

-1/sqrt(y)

-1/y

See also Variance Stabilizing Transform.