Table 2.

Minimal sum of squares of residuals (SSR) and P values from the F test for reduction of variance for models that predict the basal metabolic rate

Model	SSR	P*	SSR/n	SSR	P*	SSR/n
Kleiber's Law	18.87		0.0306	12.99		0.033
Equation (1)	16.62†	0.057†	0.0269†	12.35‡	0.28‡	.0316‡
Equation (4)	15.98†	0.019†	0.0258†	11.26‡	0.070‡	.0288‡
Equation (5)	15.90†	0.017†	0.0257†	11.17‡	0.065‡	.0286‡
Equation (7)	15.93†	0.018†	0.0257†	11.13‡	0.065‡	.0280‡

* P value for reduction of variance calculated using the F test. The variance in the numerator is the variance from the optimal fit of Kleiber's law.

^† Calculated using data from reference 11

^‡ Calculated using data from reference 10