1.

(a) Objective: Do a matched transform and a cubed transformation for function ax1/3 + b
For cubed transformation, T (x) = x1/3 . Substututing this value to equation in the lecture notes,
we get
z = ax1/3 + b
From the data given at table 4-1, the median is 3480.
1
Step 1: Calculate T0 , Given T (x) = x 3
1
T0 = 13 x 3 1 = 1 2
3x 3

Since median = x0 = 3480 (Given)

Step 2: Calculate a
2
2
1
3
= 3 3480 3 = 688.92
From lecture notes, a= T 0 (x
=
3x
0
)
0
Step 3: Calculate b
1
Also from Lecture Notes, b = 3480 688.92 (3480) 3
=3480-688.92(15.15)
= 3480 - 10437.14
-6957.14
1
Hence rounding a and b, the matched value transformation is, z = 690x 3 7000
(b) Proof: Proof the given equation is the exact transform, is given by below R code and Letter value
Pair
FL<-c(2142,1788,1517,1248,963.5,727.5,579,345,114)
M<-c(3678,4115.5,4400.5,4799,4978.75,5241,5394.5,5510.25,5494)
FU<-c(4944,6643,7284,8350,8994,9754.5,10210,10675.5,1087)
Letters<-c("F","E","D","C","B","A","Z","Y","")
z<-cbind(FL,M,FU)
z<-(690*(z)^(1/3))-7000
z<-cbind(Letters,z)
(690*(z)^(1/3))-7000
A slightly formatted output of the above R command is as follows,
FL
M
[M] 0
3456.239
[F] 1894.5145 3650.901
[E] 1374.7451 4057.492
[D]
928.2551 4307.062
[C]
428.8334 4638.562
[B] -184.9926 4782.095
[A] -794.2622 4985.435
[Z] -1249.0188 5101.322
[Y] -2160.6304 5187.263
[ ] -3654.3228 5175.271

FU
0
4754.61957
5970.91186
6375.36790
6998.38442
7349.38821
7742.93990
7968.93852
8193.05695
94.56228

By comparing the above table with table 4-1 in UREDA book, the medians are approximately
similar, thus the matched transform does its job
(c) The Mid summaries in the matched transform is approximately equivalent to the mid summaries
in the 4-1 table. Thus the transformation does its job good.