Three points to consider when choosing a LM or GLM test for count data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 882-890

  Warton, David I ^a   Lyons, Mitchell ^a   Stoklosa, Jakub ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

data transformation; generalized linear models; multivariate analysis; power analysis; type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962920743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12552     Document Type: Article

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