Assessment of preference among a range of options using LOG ratio analysis

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2538-2548

  Elston, D A ^a   Illius, A W ^b   Gordon, I J ^c  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Censored data; Compositional data; Log ratios; Preference; Selection; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DECISION MAKING; LOG RATIO ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030404566     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265752     Document Type: Article

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