Line-fitting by rotation: A nonparametric method for bivariate allometric analysis

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 289-304

  Isler, Karin ^a   Barbour, A D ^b   Martin, R D ^c  

^a Anthropological Institute and Museum   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Major axis regression; Nonparametric line fitting; Robust methods

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRICS; ALLOMETRY; BIVARIATE; LINE FITTING; MAJOR AXIS; MAJOR AXIS REGRESSION; NONPARAMETRIC LINE-FITTING; NONPARAMETRICS; ROBUST METHODS; ROTATION METHODS;

ROTATION;

EID: 0036013108     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200204)44:3<289::AID-BIMJ289>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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