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A proven textbook based on materials developed over the last decade to teach linear, generalized, and mixed model analysis to students of ecology, evolution, and environmental studies. While R is used throughout, the focus is firmly on statistical analysis.
Sommario
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Motivation
- 3: Description
- 4: Reproducible Research
- 5: Estimation
- 6: Linear Models
- 7: Regression
- 8: Prediction
- 9: Testing
- 10: Intervals
- 11: Analysis of Variance
- 12: Factorial Designs
- 13: Analysis of Covariance
- 14: Linear Model Complexities
- 15: Generalized Linear Models
- 16: GLMs for Count Data
- 17: Binomial GLMs
- 18: GLMs for Binary Data
- 19: Conclusions
- 20: A Very Short Introduction to R
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Andy Hector is Professor of Ecology at the Department of Plant Sciences, Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK. He is Co-Director of the Plants for the Twenty-First Century Institute. He has convened and taught statistics on the Quantitative Methods for Biologists course for undergraduates. He is a community ecologist interested in biodiversity loss and its consequences for ecosystem functioning, stability and services and scientific PI of the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment. He has contributed to several publications on ecological analysis.
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A proven textbook based on materials developed over the last decade to teach linear, generalized, and mixed model analysis to students of ecology, evolution, and environmental studies. While R is used throughout, the focus is firmly on statistical analysis.
Testo aggiuntivo
... overall the book gives useful, ecumenical, and reliable statistical advice. I would recommend it for courses that are trying to equip students who already know elementary statistics with the basic tools they need to understand and perform analyses of real, messy data.
