Precision and power in the analysis of social structure using associations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1093-1099

  Whitehead, Hal ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

association; precision; social structure; statistical power

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PAIR BOND; PRECISION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 39549099941     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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