Specify the scheme used to normalize each numeric attribute.
A set of numeric values is usually normalized by subtracting a measure of central tendency (such as the mean) from each value and then dividing the result by some measure of spread (such as the standard deviation, inter-quartile range, or range). This yields data with a similarly shaped histogram with values centered around 0.
You can define normalization schemes for numeric attributes only; only numeric attributes are displayed in the grid. Statistics (skewness, kurtosis, mean, standard deviation)are displayed for each numeric attribute.
The wizard allows you to pick one of three schemes for each attribute, as described in Normalization Scheme. If you need to use some other normalization scheme, use the Compute Field transformation.
To view a histogram of an attribute, select the attribute, and click Histogram. The histogram display shows a histogram and some statistics for the attribute.
Click Select All to select all attributes and Deselect All to deselect all attributes.
Schemes are defined one attribute at a time. To define a scheme for an attribute, select the attribute and click Define.
You can copy and paste schemes from one attribute to one or more attributes using Copy and Paste. Copy and Paste are context sensitive: Copy is enabled only if one attribute is selected; Paste is enabled only if at least one destination attribute is selected.
To delete one or more defined schemes, select the attributes, and click Clear.
Click Next when you have finished defining schemes.
Click OK to continue. The wizard validates that you have specified at least one scheme.
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