“…Data transformation have been used frequently to approximate the residuals to the normal distribution and to achieve homoscedasticity (Sokal & Rohlf, 2012). For example, in Brazilian Journal of Forestry Research, analysis of variance was one of the most applied statistical test, as can be evidenced in several papers (Amaral et al, 2013;Faria et al, 2013;Freitas et al, 2013;Guareschi & Pereira, 2013;Guimarães Junior et al, 2013;Haliski et al, 2013;Lucena et al, 2013;Maeda & Bognola, 2013;Oliveira & Alixandre, 2013;Pias et al, 2013;Rocha et al, 2013;Rosado et al, 2013;Rossa et al, 2013;Santos et al, 2013;Ataíde et al, 2014;Bastos et al, 2014;Carpanezzi & Gualtieri, 2014;Dias Júnior et al, 2014;Flores et al, 2014;Leite et al, 2014;Medeiros et al, 2014;Mossanek et al, 2014;Oliveira et al, 2014;Prevedello et al, 2014;Protásio et al, 2014;Silva et al, 2014;Souza et al, 2014;Téo et al, 2014;Turchetto & Fortes, 2014;Alves et al, 2017;Benedetti et al, 2017;Boscardin et al, 2017;Cerqueira et al, 2017;Dutra et al, 2017;Freire et al, 2017;Lima & Stap...…”