Definition:Normalizing Transformation

Definition

Let $X$ be a continuous random variable.

Let $Y = \map f X$ be a transformation of $X$ such that $Y$ is normally distributed.

Then $f$ is known as a normalizing transformation.

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): normalizing transformation
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): normalizing transformation