The U.S.U. student chapter of the American Fisheries Society will be hosting a 2 day Model Selection and Multimodel Inference / Information Theoretics short course taught by Dr. David Anderson on January 14th and 15th.
Why is this short course useful? A substantial paradigm shift is occurring in our science and resource management. The past century relied on null hypothesis testing, asymptotic distributions of the test statistic, P-values, and a ruling concerning "significant" or "not significant." These traditional methods are being replaced by "information-theoretic" methods (and to a lesser extent, at least at this time) by a variety of Bayesian methods. For more information, see the attached syllabus and visit the website: <http://aicanderson4.home.comcast.net/> http://aicanderson4.home.comcast.net/. The presented material will use examples focused on science concepts and philosophy rather than deep mathematics. We encourage graduate students, faculty, research staff, agency researchers/scientists, and consultants to attend. Anticipated cost is in the $290 range (cost will decrease with increased enrollment), and this includes a copy of the $90 488-page book and several handouts. If you already have the book, the price of the course will be reduced approximately $60. One credit through Utah State University is also available for an additional $30. The course will be held from 8:00 to 5:00, January 14th and 15th, in room 217 of the Natural Resources Building on the Utah State University campus. Please email <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any questions or to register for the course. Please register prior to Friday, December 9. Registration is limited. Darek Elverud Graduate Research Assistant AWER Department Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-5210 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
