I think the box.cox function in package car can do this. x <- rnorm(1000) hist(x) library(car) hist(box.cox(x, p=0.5))
Play around with different powers. Best, Matthias > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von > Ashraf Chaudhary > Gesendet: Montag, 04. April 2005 01:06 > An: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Betreff: [R] 'skewing' a normal random variable > > > Hi All; > The following question is directed more to statisticians on > the list. Suppose I have a normal random variable. Is there a > transformation that I can apply so that the new variable is > slightly positively skewed. > I greatly appreciate your help. > Ashraf > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read > the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html