On the proper use of Box-Cox transformation method: a note on a Taguchi case study

• Main Author: YANG, Zhenlin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Box-cox transformation; heteroscedasticity; noise performance measure; target performance measure; Econometrics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2069; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3068/viewcontent/Yang_BCTaguchi00.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In studying the role of transformation in the Taguchi method, Logothetis (1990) analyzed the data from a plasma etching process and concluded that the Box-Cox method can induce a mean bias in the variability performance measure which can inhibit the production of clearcut results. This paper points...