Scaling: Partitioning out Differences in Size

In his “Editor’s Notes,” Rowland (15) raised an issue that is fundamentally important but frequently appears to be misunderstood. The issue is scaling, that is, the means of partitioning out differences in size. Because physiological variables are often dependent on size, an adjustment has to be made to “normalize” for body dimensions and assess more precisely a particular characteristic. These adjustments have four main applications: (a) to an...