Towards a pragmatic use of statistics in ecology
Although null hypothesis testing (NHT) is the primary method for analyzing data in many natural sciences, it has been increasingly criticized. Recently, approaches based on information theory (IT) have become popular and were held by many to be superior because it enables researchers to properly ass...
Main Authors: | Leonardo Braga Castilho, Paulo Inácio Prado |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-09-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/12090.pdf |
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