Physiological Meaning of Regression Equations
- 1 January 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 2 (7) , 417-423
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1950.2.7.417
Abstract
An example from geometry and one from physiol. demonstrate the limitation of empirical regression equations and the desirability of searching for theoretically better expressions of physiol. relations. Ratios of equidimensional terms provide generally the most satisfactory expressions for physiol. and anatomical relations. Those ratios express the degree of similarity between animals of different size.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fallacy of Per-Weight and Per-Surface Area Standards, and Their Relation to Spurious CorrelationJournal of Applied Physiology, 1949
- BODY SIZE AND METABOLIC RATEPhysiological Reviews, 1947