log transformation [General Sta­tis­tics]

posted by taresh41  – Mumbai, 2009-06-09 14:01 (6217 d 04:40 ago) – Posting: # 3839
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Hi ammulu,
I am answering this question in a simple language "Log functions tend to squeeze the larger values in your data and streches out the smaller values", this might be useful when you might be dealing with large data.
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Thanks & Regards,
Taresh

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