Misuse of multiple comparison tests and underuse of contrast procedures in aquaculture publications

Aquaculture

Volumn 437, Issue , 2015, Pages 344-350

  Yossa, Rodrigue ^a   Verdegem, Marc ^b  

^a Department of Biology Gus R Douglass Institute WV State University   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquaculture research; Biostatistics; Contrast procedures; Multiple comparison tests; Structured treatments

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920130869     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.12.023     Document Type: Article

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