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      Table 14.1 A set of geometrically distributed data from Quesenberry with values of
      transformations.
      Observation   X 1/4   ln X      Q      Observation  X 1/4    ln X     Q
      18           2.0598  2.8904  −0.2605       13       1.8988  2.5649   0.0334
       1           1.0000  0.0000    1.6448       4       1.4142  1.3863   0.8946
      19           2.0878  2.9444  −0.3124       64       2.8284  4.1589  −1.7801
      32           2.3784  3.4657  −0.8643       11       1.8212  2.3979   0.1733
      28           2.3003  3.3322  −0.7133       12       1.8612  2.4849   0.1013
       8           1.6818  2.0794    0.4218       2       1.1892  0.6931   1.2959
       4           1.4142  1.3863    0.8946      21       2.1407  3.0445  −0.4109
      27           2.2795  3.2958  −0.6734       34       2.4147  3.5264  −0.9352
      72           2.9130  4.2767  −1.9617       15       1.9680  2.7081  −0.0921
       8           1.6818  2.0794    0.4218      19       2.0878  2.9444  −0.3124
      41           2.5304  3.7136  −1.1646       10       1.7783  2.3026   0.2500
      75           2.9428  4.3175  −2.0267        6       1.5651  1.7918   0.6282
      29           2.3206  3.3673  −0.7523        7       1.6266  1.9459   0.5196
       4           1.4142  1.3863    0.8946     107       3.2162  4.6728  −2.6408
      11           1.8212  2.3979    0.1733      29       2.3206  3.3673  −0.7523
      30           2.3403  3.4012  −0.7904        4       1.4142  1.3863   0.8946
      32           2.3784  3.4657  −0.8643       36       2.4495  3.5835  −1.0036
      15           1.9680  2.7081  −0.0921        1       1.0000  0.0000   1.6448
      29           2.3206  3.3673  −0.7523       20       2.1147  2.9957  −0.3625
      10           1.7783  2.3026    0.2500      23       2.1899  3.1355  −0.5033
      25           2.2361  3.2189  −0.5906       28       2.3003  3.3322  −0.7133
       4           1.4142  1.3863    0.8946      24       2.2134  3.1781  −0.5475
      10           1.7783  2.3026    0.2500      55       2.7233  4.0073  −1.5586
      20           2.1147  2.9957  −0.3625        7       1.6266  1.9459   0.5196
      19           2.0878  2.9444  −0.3124        3       1.3161  1.0986   1.0686


             Table 14.2 Comparison of three transformations using data in Table 14.1.
                              Skewness   Kurtosis  Anderson--Darling statistic
             X 1/4                0.1       2.8              0.30
             ln X               −0.6        3.1              0.69
             Q-transformation   −0.2        3.0              0.31

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      Table 14.3 Comparison of three transformations for a set of data from Quesenberry for
      which there is a process shift.
      Observation   X 1/4    ln X       Q      Observation  X 1/4   ln X     Q

      13766        10.8318   9.5299  −0.6669      351      4.3284  5.8593  1.8185
       8903         9.7137   9.0940  −0.2262      1301     6.0058  7.1705  1.1650
      35001        13.6779  10.463   −1.878       469      4.6536  6.1409  1.6907
       4645         8.2556   8.4434    0.3277     1677     6.3993  7.4244  1.0177
       1432         6.1516   7.2664    1.1103      47      2.6183  3.8394  2.5979
       5056         8.4324   8.5282    0.2614     3298     7.5781  8.1009  0.5800
      29635        13.1205  10.296   −1.6292      925      5.5149  6.8292  1.3509
      11084        10.2606   9.3132    0.4397     2249     6.8865  7.7180  0.8365
       2075         6.7492   7.6374    0.8875     1461     6.1825  7.2865  1.0987
        183         3.6780   5.2067    2.0938     1884     6.5883  7.5408  0.9473









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