Sampling and statistical methods for behavioral ecologists

This book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists.The first section reviews important issues such as defining the statistical population and the sampling plan when using nonrandom methods for sample selection, bias, interpretation...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bart, Jonathan
Format: Book
Language:Undetermined
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Description
Summary:This book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists.The first section reviews important issues such as defining the statistical population and the sampling plan when using nonrandom methods for sample selection, bias, interpretation of statistical tests, confidence intervals, and multiple comparisons. After a detailed discussion of sampling methods and multiple regression, subsequent chapters discuss specialized problems such as pseudoreplication, and their solutions.