Statistical tests and data type

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miaoj5

I have data in log2 format. I just came across some article which says
that logged data should be avoided for statistical tests like T-tests,
F-tests or Mann-Whitney tests.

I am doing these tests in excel so wondering if anybody who performs
such tests regularly in excel can flash some light??
 
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Jerry W. Lewis

What was the context of that statement? If the data were lognormally
distributed, taking logs before doing these tests would be mandatory.

Jerry
 
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miaoj5

Actually, the data that I am working with is a microarray data and
have log2 transformed as well as natural data. Log 2 tranformation wa
used for better normalisation in the data series.
Is this what you wanted to know?

The article that I talked about was explaning these tests in genera
 
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