Ecological MethodologyThis coherent text translates the methods of statisticians into "ecological English" so that students may readily apply these methods to the real world. Ecological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations. It teaches students of ecology how to design the most efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. The first part of the text focuses on biological and technical issues in statistical methodology. Students learn about advances that have been made in designing better sampling devices, along with the techniques and equipment used for sampling. The second part deals with creating solid statistical design, and presents all methods that are well-known to statisticians in a language and context that students will easily understand. |
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... distribution will approach the normal distribution . * In practice this theorem means that with large sample sizes ( n > 30 ) we do not have to worry about the assumption of a normal distribution . This theorem is among the most ...
... Normal Distribution In some cases an ecologist may wish to estimate the variance of a given measurement to a specified level of precision . How can you estimate how large a sample you should take ? First , you must specify the allowable ...
... normal in distribution . Binomial data can also be transformed by the logit transformation : P X ' = log . ( 15.20 ) where X ' = logit transform of observed proportion p = q 1 - P = Note that the logit transform is not defined for p 1 ...