The Rescaling of a Transformed Outcome Variable and Its Interpretations on a Predictive Scale

Naihua Duan, Ker-Chau Li

Published 1987

This Note provides new statistical methods for rescaling a transformed outcome variable so as to obtain useful interpretations on a predictive scale. It is also being issued as a Technical Report of the SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Institute for Mathematics and Society.

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  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1987
  • Pages: 35
  • Document Number: N-2397-SIMS/RC

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Duan, Naihua and Ker-Chau Li, The Rescaling of a Transformed Outcome Variable and Its Interpretations on a Predictive Scale. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1987. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2397.html.
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