1Department of Maths/Statistics, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo, Nigeria
2Department of Maths/Statistics, University of Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria
3Department of Statistics, Federal University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
4Department of Research and Statistics, Central Bank of Nigeria, Owerri
American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
2019,
Vol. 7 No. 3, 105-111
DOI: 10.12691/ajams-7-3-4
Copyright © 2019 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Onyegbuchulem B.O., Nwakuya M.T, Nwabueze J.C, Otu Archibong Otu. Choice of Appropriate Power Transformation of Skewed Distribution for Quantile Regression Model.
American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 2019; 7(3):105-111. doi: 10.12691/ajams-7-3-4.
Correspondence to: Onyegbuchulem B.O., Department of Maths/Statistics, Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo, Nigeria. Email:
bokey@imopoly.netAbstract
Quantile Regression (QR) performed better than Ordinary Least Square (OLS) when the Data is skewed. Its best result can be achieved when the Data is transformed. Quantreg package of R software was used to illustrate the various power transformation fitness for quantile regression model. The analysis shows that the best result was obtained from the square root of y transformation with an average error term
of 0.9539, -0.0494, 0.0238, -0.5309 and -0.7544 for 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90
th quantile respectively. From the results obtained, it shows that model transformation can greatly improve the result of quantile regression model.
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