Power transformation for enhancing responsiveness of quality of life questionnaire
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We investigate the effect of power transformation of raw scores on the responsiveness of quality of life survey. The procedure maximizes the paired t-test value on the power transformed data to obtain an optimal power range. The parallel between the Box-Cox transformation is also investigated for the quality of life data.
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015