Limits of data analysis in scientific inference: Reply to Sleep et al.

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2122-2124

  Steidl, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate models; Data analysis; Hypothesis testing; Information theory; Model selection; Null hypotheses; Research hypotheses

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 48249157312     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-187     Document Type: Article

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