Contemporary Bayesian and frequentist statistical research methods for natural resource scientists / Howard B. Stauffer.
"This book presents a practical survey of modern statistical research methods, Bayesian statistical analysis and inference, strategies for model selection and inference, generalized linear modeling, and mixed-effects modeling, and it is a handy problem-solving guide for the contemporary natural...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Interscience,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This book presents a practical survey of modern statistical research methods, Bayesian statistical analysis and inference, strategies for model selection and inference, generalized linear modeling, and mixed-effects modeling, and it is a handy problem-solving guide for the contemporary natural resource scientist._ Important contemporary research methods developed by statisticians over the past several decades have remained inaccessible to most natural resource scientists, and_this is the first_book to present these methods in an understandable "down to earth" manner, emphasizing their usefulness in solving many current research problems in natural resource science._ To accomplish this objective, case studies illustrating important problems in natural resource science are introduced in the first chapter._ The remainder of the book is dedicated to a description of the contemporary statistical methods that provide solutions to these case studies._ The book contains eight chapters: an introductory chapter, three chapters on Bayesian statistical analysis, a chapter on strategies of model selection using information theoretic criteria, a chapter on generalized linear modeling with a focus on logistic regression, a chapter introducing mixed-effects modeling, and_a concluding chapter._;"--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-387) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0470165049 9780470165041 |