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A bi-symmetric log transformation for wide-range data.

Webber, J. Beau W. (2013) A bi-symmetric log transformation for wide-range data. Measurement Science & Technology, 24 (2). ISSN 0957-0233. (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/24/2/027001) (KAR id:32810)

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Abstract

The logarithmic transformation has long been used to present data that have both large and

small components that are significant, such as neutron scattering data, or to present data that

perhaps cover a wide range of time-scales, such as NMR relaxation data. A more general

transformation, which is applicable to many different disciplines, is offered here, and is

particularly suitable for representing wide-range data that have both positive and negative (or

zero) components. The proposed transform smoothly modifies the gradient of the

transformation so that in the region near zero it remains finite. A single constant is provided to

tune this behavior, so as to adjust the meaning of ‘region near zero’. This modified logarithmic

transformation can be one-sided or symmetric, and thus can transform negative data to scaled

negative data. It can be applied to both the X and Y data, when it becomes a bi-symmetric log

transform.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1088/0957-0233/24/2/027001
Uncontrolled keywords: data presentation, data visualization, data analysis, data management, algorithms, laboratory procedures
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics > QC20 Mathematical Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: J.B.W. Webber
Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2012 21:48 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2023 10:30 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/32810 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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