Announcing a two-day workshop entitled "No more P-values? Model Based Inference in the Life Sciences" presented by Dr. David R. Anderson and hosted by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Dates: March 14-15, 2007 Regular Registration Fee*: $285.00 (late $335.00) Student Fee: $225.00 (late $275.00) Pre-registration Deadline: February 21st, 2007 *Fee includes breakfast and lunch. In addition, you may order a copy of the volume: "Model Selection and Multimodel inference: a practical information-theoretic approach", Burnham, K. P., and D.R. Anderson for the discounted price of $60. For more information on this workshop and to register visit: http://www.esf.edu/outreach/pd/2007/pvalue/ Background: The use of traditional null-hypothesis testing has been questioned in recent years, and multimodel inference is now widely used and heavily promoted in many top journals. A recent review by Filder et al. (2005) found that the use of null-hypothesis testing has declined by 15% in the last 5 years in two popular journals (Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation). Graduate students, post-docs, faculty and government scientists can make use of these new approaches in writing grant proposals, defending budgets, planning their research, analyzing their data, and reaching careful inferences based on quantified evidence. These methods have potential application across the sciences, including the life and social sciences. Fidler, F., M. A. Burgman, G. Cumming, R. Buttrose, and N. Thomason. 2006. Impact of criticism of null-hypothesis significance testing on statistical reporting practices in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 20(5): 1539-1544. For more information on this topic visit: http://aicanderson2.home.comcast.net Questions? Contact Benjamin Zuckerberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
