<p>We regularly get questions about log transforming dependent variables, which <a href="https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/62093168#62093168">in some quarters appears to be seen as a magic silver bullet that solves all problems</a>, because apparently, &quot;everything is normally distributed after log-transforming&quot; (which, to be explicit, is <em>wrong</em>, and <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5447/1352">not even useful</a>). Here are a few useful prior threads in this vein (contributed by <a href="https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/62093277#62093277">User1865345</a> and <a href="https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/62093996#62093996">mkt</a>):</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/18844/1352">When (and why) should you take the log of a distribution (of numbers)?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/298/1352">In linear regression, when is it appropriate to use the log of an independent variable instead of the actual values?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/18480/1352">Interpretation of log transformed predictor and/or response</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/576504/1352">Interpreting log-log regression with log(1+x) as independent variable</a></li>
</ul>
<p>As in <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6349/1352">this analogous question on imbalanced data</a>, it probably does not make sense to attempt to merge them into the One Question To Rule Them All As A Canonical Duplicate. However, I would propose that we collect a couple of useful threads on this topic here (<a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/data-transformation%2blogarithm?tab=Votes">threads tagged both &quot;data-transformation&quot; and &quot;logarithm&quot; might be a good start</a>) to use as duplicate targets, depending on the nuance of the newly posted question, and ask the moderators to slap the <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;faq&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;faq&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="faq-container">faq</a> tag on them.</p>
