Andy Hector
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198729051
- eISBN:
- 9780191795855
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198729051.003.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Biomathematics / Statistics and Data Analysis / Complexity Studies, Ecology
The chapter sets out the aims of the book, the approach, what is covered in the book and what is not. The book starts by introducing several different variations of the basic linear model analysis ...
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The chapter sets out the aims of the book, the approach, what is covered in the book and what is not. The book starts by introducing several different variations of the basic linear model analysis (analysis of variance, linear regression, analysis of covariance, etc). Then two extensions are introduced: generalized linear models (for data with non-normal distributions) and mixed-effects models (for data with multiple levels and a hierarchical structure). The book ends by combining these two extensions into generalized linear mixed-effects models. To allow a learning-by-doing approach the R code necessary to perform the basic analysis is embedded in the text along with the key output from R.Less
The chapter sets out the aims of the book, the approach, what is covered in the book and what is not. The book starts by introducing several different variations of the basic linear model analysis (analysis of variance, linear regression, analysis of covariance, etc). Then two extensions are introduced: generalized linear models (for data with non-normal distributions) and mixed-effects models (for data with multiple levels and a hierarchical structure). The book ends by combining these two extensions into generalized linear mixed-effects models. To allow a learning-by-doing approach the R code necessary to perform the basic analysis is embedded in the text along with the key output from R.
Andy Hector
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198729051
- eISBN:
- 9780191795855
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198729051.001.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Biomathematics / Statistics and Data Analysis / Complexity Studies, Ecology
Statistics is a fundamental component of the scientific toolbox, but learning the basics of this area of mathematics is one of the most challenging parts of a research training. This book gives an ...
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Statistics is a fundamental component of the scientific toolbox, but learning the basics of this area of mathematics is one of the most challenging parts of a research training. This book gives an up-to-date introduction to the classical techniques and modern extensions of linear model analysis—one of the most useful approaches in the analysis of scientific data in the life and environmental sciences. The book emphasizes an estimation-based approach that takes account of recent criticisms of over-use of probability values and introduces the alternative approach using information criteria. The book is based on the use of the open-source R programming language for statistics and graphics that is rapidly becoming the lingua franca in many areas of science. Statistics is introduced through worked analyses performed in R using interesting data sets from ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental science. The data sets and R scripts are available as supporting material.Less
Statistics is a fundamental component of the scientific toolbox, but learning the basics of this area of mathematics is one of the most challenging parts of a research training. This book gives an up-to-date introduction to the classical techniques and modern extensions of linear model analysis—one of the most useful approaches in the analysis of scientific data in the life and environmental sciences. The book emphasizes an estimation-based approach that takes account of recent criticisms of over-use of probability values and introduces the alternative approach using information criteria. The book is based on the use of the open-source R programming language for statistics and graphics that is rapidly becoming the lingua franca in many areas of science. Statistics is introduced through worked analyses performed in R using interesting data sets from ecology, evolutionary biology, and environmental science. The data sets and R scripts are available as supporting material.
