It should be noted that nonlinear transformations (that is, log transformations, square root transformations, power transformations, and so on) can introduce some difficulty in interpreting the results because it is often not intuitive to think in terms of the transformed units. For example, log (...
The purpose of the present paper is to clarify, as far as it is possible, the overall picture of experimental results in the field of non-conventional phenomena in nuclear matter published in the scientific literature, accumulated in the past few decades
Thus, these transformations give the appearance of false score precision—a precision that does not exist. One could argue that putting all scores on the same scale is convenient, and any ensuing false precision that results is a minimal price to pay for the convenience. That argument may be ...