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t.rank: Empirical Normal Quantile transformation

Description

Transform a vector using the empirical normal quantile distribution (also called the van der Waerden normal scores).

Usage

t.rank(x)

Arguments

x
a numerical vector

Value

  • A numerical vector that are approximately normally distributed.

References

Lehman E.L. 1975. Nonparametrics: Statistical Methods Based On Ranks. Holden-Day, Inc., San Francisco, CA (page 97)

Examples

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stem(t.rank(1:100))

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