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The Overlooked Importance of Constants Added in Log Transformation of Independent Variables with Zero Values: A Proposed Approach for Determining an Optimal Constant

John Paul EkwaruSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 26-29 | Received 03 Oct 2016, Accepted 07 Aug 2017, Published online: 26 Mar 2018

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