“…Ito, 1980;Lazraq and Cleroux, 2001;Mexia, 2007a, 2007b;Sabatier and Traissac, 1994;Scheffé , 1959). In Areia et al (2008) it is pointed out that low degree polynomials in normal independent variables, with sufficiently small variation coefficients, are approximately normal. Moreover, also in Areia et al (2008), are presented simulations suggesting that, when JlJ-þ 1, a polynomial Pðl þ XÞ has a leading component linear in X.…”