<div dir="ltr"><div>You are definitely correct, the distribution of power is highly skewed. However, using the log-transform does a pretty decent job at 'normalizing' the distribution. </div><div>A related issue is that when comparing power during a task with baseline, the ratio Task Power/Baseline Power is highly asymmetric (because it is equal to 1 when Task Power=Baseline Power, and it can only go down to 0 on one side and can go to infinity on the other). For all of those reasons, it is better to use the log-transform of the ratio of power, that is, log(Task Power/Baseline Power)=log(Task Power) - Log(Baseline Power) (when using Log10 the result can be expressed in dB by multiplying it by 10). </div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Giuseppe Pellizzer<br></div></div></div>
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