Rank-Based Inverse Normal Transformations are Increasingly Used, But are They Merited?

2009/06/13 by T. Mark Beasley, Stephen Erickson, Stephen W. Erickson +1 · 30 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Decision Sciences · #Genetics and Plant Breeding #Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals #Optimal Experimental Design Methods

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10519-009-9281-0

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