Persistent controversy in statistical approaches in wildlife sciences: A perspective of students

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2142-2144

  Butcher, Jerrod A ^a   Groce, Julie E ^a   Lituma, Christopher M ^a   Cocimano, M Constanza ^a   Sánchez Johnson, Yara ^a   Campomizzi, Andrew J ^a   Pope, Theresa L ^a   Reyna, Kelly S ^a   Knipps, Anna C S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Bayesian; Education; Frequentist; Null hypothesis statistical testing; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERSISTENCE; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48249095900     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-201     Document Type: Article

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