Stata Capabilities - Transforms and normality tests

New in Stata 10

Box–Cox transform
  • Can be applied to the left-hand side, right-hand side, or both
  • Parameters can be the same or different
  • Maximum likelihood
  • Zero-skewness log
Tests of normality
  • Shapiro–Wilk
  • Shapiro–Francia
  • Skewness and kurtosis test (D'Agostino, with and without Royston correction)

Power transforms

  • Search for power transform that converts a variable into a normally distributed variable
  • Graphical display of a power-transformed variable

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