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Error in boxcox.default(y ~ x) : response variable must be positive

I want to perform box cox transformation on data using R tool .If anybody can help me with examples or commands to show how it is done in R tool. Thank you in advance.

My main problem is I want to take log of data but if data entries contain 0 then log 0 becomes infinite .To handle this situation I am searching for the past 3 days .I found one solution to use boxcox transformation..but again it is giving this error.

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Have a look at the boxcox function (documentation here).

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  • $\begingroup$ I have seen this link earlier..I am getting this "Error in boxcox.default(y ~ x) : response variable must be positive" error when I am using boxcox.. $\endgroup$
    – Komal
    Jan 9, 2013 at 7:44
  • $\begingroup$ My main problem is I want to take log of data but if data entries contain 0 then log 0 becomes infinite .To handle this situation I am searching for the past 3 days .I found one solution to use boxcox transformation..but again it is giving this error. $\endgroup$
    – Komal
    Jan 9, 2013 at 7:46

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