R: Estimation of the Box-Cox transformation

Estimation of the Box-Cox transformation {Rfast} | R Documentation

## Estimation of the Box-Cox transformation

### Description

Estimation of the Box-Cox transformation.

### Usage

    bc(x, low = -1, up = 1)

### Arguments

`x` | A numerical vector with strictly positive values.
`low` | The lowest value to search for the best λ parameter.
`up` | The highest value to search for the best λ parameter.

### Details

The functions estimates the best λ in the Box-Cox power transformation.

### Value

The optimal value of λ.

### Author(s)

Michail Tsagris

R implementation and documentation: Michail Tsagris <mtsagris@yahoo.gr>

### References

Box George E. P. and Cox D. R. (1964). An analysis of transformations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 26 (2):211-252.

### See Also

`correls, auc`

### Examples

    x <- exp(rnorm(1000))
    res<-bc(x)

[Package Rfast version 2.0.0 Index]