1.In this example, we will transform a continuous variable (triglycerides) because it is positively skewed.

2.In SPSS, we first run descriptive statistics which show us that triglycerides are positively skewed.

3.The specific SPSS procedures used are listed with a “log10” transformation being applied to triglyceride values.

4.Since we are recoding a variable (age), we use the “transform” procedure.