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\begin{array}{lcl} v_{i} & = & \frac{r_{i} - \frac{3}{8}}{n + \frac{1}{4}} \\ Φ^{- 1} (\cdot) & = & inverse of the standard normal distribution function \\ r_{i} & = & rank of the i th data value when ordered from smallest to largest \\ n & = & number of nonmissing observations \end{array}

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\[ \begin{array}{lcl} v_ i & = & \frac{r_ i -\frac{3}{8}}{n+\frac{1}{4}} \\ \Phi ^{-1}(\cdot ) & = & \mbox{inverse of the standard normal distribution function} \\ r_ i & = & \mbox{rank of the }i\mbox{th data value when ordered from smallest to largest} \\ n & = & \mbox{number of nonmissing observations} \\ \end{array} \]