Sampling and Statistical Methods for Behavioral Ecologists Bart Fligner Notz

Sampling and Statistical Methods for Behavioral EcologistsAuthor(s): Jonathan Bart, Michael A. Fligner, William I. Notz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521457057, 978-0521457057\nSynopsis\nThis 1998 book describes the sampling and statistical methods used most often by behavioral ecologists and field biologists. Written by a biologist and two statisticians, it provides a rigorous discussion together with worked examples of statistical concepts and methods that are generally not covered in introductory courses, and which are consequently poorly understood and applied by field biologists. The first section reviews important issues such as defining the statistical population and the sampling plan when using non-random methods for sample selection, bias, interpretation of statistical tests, confidence intervals and multiple comparisons. After a detailed discussion of sampling methods and multiple.