Author’s Reply to: Late Still Equals Large

Weisbecker, Vera (2010) Author’s Reply to: Late Still Equals Large. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 75 (1). p. 7. DOI 10.1159/000295351

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Abstract

The present response, as well as previ- ous debates regarding the late-equals- large hypothesis [e.g. in Finlay et al., 2001, and responses therein], suggests as a main issue of debate the information content in a regression analysis. To Finlay et al. a high correlation suggests a strikingly conserva- tive pattern, which is regularly invoked in the 15-year corpus of work that they refer to (and which I briefly reviewed). To oth- ers, the variation behind even a very good fit (which is easily overlooked when the data are – perfectly appropriately – log transformed) does not allow this conclu- sion [de Winter and Oxnard, 2001; Barton, 2007].

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2010AREP; IA61;
Subjects:	04 - Palaeobiology
Divisions:	04 - Palaeobiology
Journal or Publication Title:	Brain, Behavior and Evolution
Volume:	75
Page Range:	p. 7
Identification Number:	10.1159/000295351
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2010 11:36
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 10:00
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1914

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