A statistical test to show negligible trend

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1751-1756

  Dixon, Philip M ^a   Pechmann, Joseph H K ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Amphibian decline; Desmognathus; Equivalence tests; Population trends; Statistical power; Testing for no effect

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; DESMOGNATHUS;

EID: 21744461215     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1343     Document Type: Article

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