Suggestions for presenting the results of data analyses

被引:368
作者
Anderson, DR
Link, WA
Johnson, DH
Burnham, KP
机构
[1] US Geol Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Res Ctr, Laurel, MD 20708 USA
[2] US Geol Survey, No Prairie Wildlife Res Ctr, Jamestown, ND 58401 USA
关键词
AIC; Bayesian statistics; frequentist methods; information-theuretic methods; likelihood; publication guidelines;
D O I
10.2307/3803088
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
We give suggestions for the presentation of research results fi om frequentist, information-theoretic, and Bayesian analysis paradigms, followed by several general suggestions. The information-theoretic and Bayesian methods offer alternative approaches to data analysis and inference compared to traditionally used methods. Guidance is lacking on the presentation of results under these alternative procedures and on nontesting aspects of classical frequentist methods of statistical analysis. Null hypothesis testing has come under intense criticism. We recommend less reporting of the results of statistical tests of null hypothesis in casts where the null is surely false anyway, or where the null hypothesis is of little interest to science or management.
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页码:373 / 378
页数:6
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