Divide and conquer? Size adjustment with allometry and intermediate outcomes

Autor: Shinichi Nakagawa, Fonti Kar, Rose E. O’Dea, Joel L. Pick, Malgorzata Lagisz
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: BMC Biology, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1741-7007
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0448-5
Popis: Abstract Many trait measurements are size-dependent, and while we often divide these traits by size before fitting statistical models to control for the effect of size, this approach does not account for allometry and the intermediate outcome problem. We describe these problems and outline potential solutions.
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