New invariants and dimensionless numbers: futile renaissance of old fallacies?

dc.creator	NESPOLO,ROBERTO F
dc.date	2005-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-02T21:21:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-02T21:21:24Z
dc.identifier	https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000100004
dc.identifier.uri	http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/81573
dc.description	The necessity of the mathematical description of living processes and the recent advances in theoretical syntheses that fit surprisingly well with real data have led many scientists to experiment with new "generalizations," beginning with allometric equations. I present here, briefly, why caution is needed when allometric equations are multiplied or divided to make new ones. This practice is flawed by old and recognized problems, such as the fallacy of averages combined with misunderstandings that include error propagation, misuse of statistics and confounding scale.
dc.format	text/html
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation	10.4067/S0716-97602005000100004
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Biological Research v.38 n.1 2005
dc.subject	Fallacy of averages
dc.subject	dimensional analysis
dc.subject	invariants
dc.subject	allometric equations
dc.subject	error term
dc.title	New invariants and dimensionless numbers: futile renaissance of old fallacies?