Diagnosis of paired age agreement: A simulation of accuracy and precision effects

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2149-2167

  McBride, Richard S ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age bias plot; Annuli; Average per cent error; Bland altman plot; Chang's CV; Paired age agreement; Tests of symmetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; GUIDELINE; INVERTEBRATE; PRECISION;

EID: 84948675481     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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