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brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike's information criterion

Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2011, Vol.65 (1), p.13-21 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 ;Springer-Verlag 2010 ;ISSN: 0340-5443 ;EISSN: 1432-0762 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1037-6

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Title:
brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike's information criterion
Author: Symonds, Matthew R. E ; Moussalli, Adnan
Subjects: Akaike's information criterion ; Animal Ecology ; Behavior modeling ; Behavioral biology ; Behavioral Sciences ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Ecological modeling ; Ecological selection ; Ecology ; Environmental social sciences ; Evolutionary psychology ; Inference ; Information theory ; Life Sciences ; Model averaging ; Model selection ; Modeling ; Multiple regression ; Parametric models ; REVIEW ; statistical analysis ; Statistical variance ; Zoology
Is Part Of: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2011, Vol.65 (1), p.13-21
Description: Akaike's information criterion (AIC) is increasingly being used in analyses in the field of ecology. This measure allows one to compare and rank multiple competing models and to estimate which of them best approximates the “true” process underlying the biological phenomenon under study. Behavioural ecologists have been slow to adopt this statistical tool, perhaps because of unfounded fears regarding the complexity of the technique. Here, we provide, using recent examples from the behavioural ecology literature, a simple introductory guide to AIC: what it is, how and when to apply it and what it achieves. We discuss multimodel inference using AIC--a procedure which should be used where no one model is strongly supported. Finally, we highlight a few of the pitfalls and problems that can be encountered by novice practitioners.
Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0340-5443
EISSN: 1432-0762
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1037-6
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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ProQuest Central

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brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike's information criterion

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 ;Springer-Verlag 2010 ;ISSN: 0340-5443 ;EISSN: 1432-0762 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1037-6

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