Previously stated necessity for scale transformation of data in which prestimulus and change magnitudes are significantly related can be seen to derive from the use of an inappropriate expression of variability. An example employing covariance analysis lends support to this conclusion. It also makes salient the problem of satisfactory treatment of significant slope differences among samples in the evaluation of elevation differences.
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