Residual Analysis in the Determination of Factors Affecting the Estimates of BodyHeat Storage in Clothed Subjects

摘要

Body heat storage can be estimated by calorimetry (from heat gains and losses) orby thermometry. This study investigated whether discrepancies between calorimetry and thermometry arise from methodological errors in the calorimetric estimate of heat storage, from inappropriate weightings in the thermometric estimate, or from both. Residual of calorimetry versus thermometric estimates were plotted against individual variables in the standard heat balance equation, applying various weighting factors to Tre and T'sk.