Rita (Q113104)

Automatically evaluates common normalizing transformations of numeric variables and selects the best-fitting transformation for each based on squared correlation with theoretical normal quantiles. Available transformations include Rankit, arcsine, logit/log-odds, logarithmic, square-root, and inverse/reciprocal. Performs six normality tests (Thode, 2002, <doi:10.1201/9780203910894>), incorporating simulation-based p-value calibration for small-sample Jarque–Bera and optionally Lilliefors, as well as subsampling for Shapiro–Wilk when sample sizes exceed its supported limit. Available tests include Anderson–Darling, Pearson chi-square, D'Agostino–Pearson omnibus, Jarque–Bera, Kolmogorov–Smirnov with Lilliefors correction, and Shapiro–Wilk. A descriptive statistical report of the retained input data in their original units, including the five-number summary and mathematical moments, is also presented. The Rankit empirical normal quantile transformation (ENQT) (Soloman and Sawilowsky, 2009, <doi:10.22237/jmasm/1257034080>) is provided for those requiring rank-based normalization and to facilitate its adoption. Structured analytical results and paired visualizations of original and transformed distributions are also available.