achieves_planned_objective box-cox transformation A box-cox transformation is a data transformation according to the methods of Box and Cox as described in the article Box, G. E. P. and Cox, D.R. (1964) An analysis of transformations. Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B, vol. 26, pp. 211-246. ARTICLE: Box, G. E. P. and Cox, D.R. (1964), "An analysis of transformations", Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B, vol. 26, pp. 211-246. Ryan Brinkman box-cox transformation data normalization objective normalization data transformation ready for release