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  2. Box–Cox distribution - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, the BoxCox distribution (also known as the power-normal distribution) is the distribution of a random variable X for which the BoxCox transformation on X follows a truncated normal distribution. It is a continuous probability distribution having probability density function (pdf) given by

  3. Power transform - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, a power transform is a family of functions applied to create a monotonic transformation of data using power functions.It is a data transformation technique used to stabilize variance, make the data more normal distribution-like, improve the validity of measures of association (such as the Pearson correlation between variables), and for other data stabilization procedures.

  4. Data transformation (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    In the lower plot, both the area and population data have been transformed using the logarithm function. In statistics, data transformation is the application of a deterministic mathematical function to each point in a data set—that is, each data point z i is replaced with the transformed value y i = f(z i), where f is a function.

  5. All models are wrong - Wikipedia

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    Box used the aphorism again in 1979, where he expanded on the idea by discussing how models serve as useful approximations, despite failing to perfectly describe empirical phenomena. [7] He reiterated this sentiment in his later works , where he discussed how models should be judged based on their utility rather than their absolute correctness.

  6. Likelihood function - Wikipedia

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    More specifically, if the likelihood function is twice continuously differentiable on the k-dimensional parameter space assumed to be an open connected subset of , there exists a unique maximum ^ if the matrix of second partials [], =,, is negative definite for every at which the gradient [] = vanishes, and if the likelihood function approaches ...

  7. Rectangular function - Wikipedia

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    Plot of normalized ⁡ function (i.e. ⁡ ()) with its spectral frequency components.. The unitary Fourier transforms of the rectangular function are [2] ⁡ = ⁡ = ⁡ (), using ordinary frequency f, where is the normalized form [10] of the sinc function and ⁡ = ⁡ (/) / = ⁡ (/), using angular frequency , where is the unnormalized form of the sinc function.

  8. Estimation of covariance matrices - Wikipedia

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    The parameter belongs to the set of positive-definite matrices, which is a Riemannian manifold, not a vector space, hence the usual vector-space notions of expectation, i.e. "[^]", and estimator bias must be generalized to manifolds to make sense of the problem of covariance matrix estimation.

  9. Box–Jenkins method - Wikipedia

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    The data they used were from a gas furnace. These data are well known as the Box and Jenkins gas furnace data for benchmarking predictive models. Commandeur & Koopman (2007, §10.4) [2] argue that the Box–Jenkins approach is fundamentally problematic. The problem arises because in "the economic and social fields, real series are never ...