Statistical rules of thumb by Gerald van Belle

Statistical rules of thumb



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Statistical rules of thumb Gerald van Belle ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Wiley
Page: 305
ISBN: 0470144483, 9780470144480


Patch leaving behavior is determined by a stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) model, while allowing parasitoids to make mistakes in their estimation of host density when arriving in a patch We use Cox's proportional hazards models to obtain statistical rules of thumb from the simulated behavior. The P-value is one of the biggest sources of confusion in statistics, and it's not uncommon for researchers to use the wrong definition: not when they compute it, but when they think about it. If you've been following this space at Grantland for a while now, you've seen a variety of advanced concepts and statistical rules of thumb pop up with regard to measuring football performance. The P-Value: What it Really Means. Again, the dual foci of MHCA, for the time being, is ongoing statistical Research & 'comprehensive Resource servicing' in behalf of LLLCommunity owners/operators nationwide, likely including Canada. All smart statisticians use rules of thumb. THE PROS AND CONS OF TEACHING HEURISTICS FOR STATISTICS. As a rule of thumb, this means that your sample size multiplied by your proportion estimate is greater than ten, and that your sample size multiplied by the opposite of your proportion estimate is also greater than ten. Working back through this calculation many times you might notice that the number followed a pattern, a rule of thumb to calculate without tables and calculators, and that turns out to be 3/(n+1), the statistical rule of three. Simple behavioral rules, or “rules of thumb,” which lead to behavior that closely approximates an optimal strategy, have generated a lot of recent interest in the field of foraging behavior. Praise for the First Edition: "For a beginner [this book] is a treasure trove; for an experienced person it can provide new ideas on how better to pursue the subject of applied statistics." —Journal of Quality Technology.