Scaling, normalizing, and per ratio standards: an allometric modeling approach
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Scaling, normalizing, and per ratio standards: an allometric modeling approach.
The practice of scaling or normalizing physiological variables (Y) by dividing the variable by an appropriate body size variable (X) to produce what is known as a "per ratio standard" (Y/ X), has come under strong criticism from various authors. These authors propose an alternative regression standard based on the linear regression of (Y) on (X) as the predictor variable. However, if linear reg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Physiology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 8750-7587,1522-1601
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1995.79.3.1027