Calculation and Miscalculation of the Allometric Equation as a Model in Biological Data
- 1 December 1968
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 18 (12), 1118-1120
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1294589
Abstract
The allometric equation Y = βXα is widely used as a regression model in biology. The common procedure for fitting this model by the method of least sKeywords
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