Logistic regression is a better method of analysis than linear regression of arcsine square root transformed proportional diapause data of pieris melete (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1183-1185

  Shi, P J ^a   Sand Hu, H S ^b   Xiao, H J ^c  

^a YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

additive model; binomial response variables; goodness of fit; non linear effects; proportional data set

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BUTTERFLY; DATA SET; DIAPAUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84887078017     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.096.0361     Document Type: Article

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