Ken,
The simple answer is no. "Ecology" is such a broad field that just
about everything is used somewhere.
Sam
Ken wrote:
>
> Humility is good :)
>
> While I'm a degreed (Iowa State University) and practicing statistician, in
> a prior life I also received an advanced degree in Animal Ecology (actually
> Limnology) from ISU.
>
> Having not read your book I'm curious if there are general design types used
> in Ecology, and if so, what are they? I tend to work in industrial
> statistics which focuses heavily on factorial and response surface designs.
>
> "SSCHEINE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > James,
> > I will humbly submit my own book "Design and Analysis of Ecological
> > Experiments" (eds. S. M. Scheiner and J. Gurevitch). The various
> > chapters discuss these issues and provide references to various articles
> > that go into details about specific instances.
> >
> > Sam Scheiner
> >
> > > "Dalby, James" wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone on the list know of any books or articles describing the
> > > most common statistical mistakes in the scientific literature? I am
> > > particularly interested in statistical errors in the ecological
> > > literature, but am open to information on errors in other literature
> > > too. I seem to remember someone on the list raising this topic
> > > several months ago, but unfortunately, I did not save the related
> > > e-mail messages. Thank you.
> > >
> > > Dr. James E. Dalby, Jr., Biometrician
> > > BC Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
> > > Nanaimo, British Columbia
> > > CANADA, V9T-6J9
> > > Phone: (250) 751-7246, Fax: 751-3103
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.gov.bc.ca/elp/
> > >
> > > "The best thing about being a statistician is
> > > that you get to play in everyone's backyard".
> > > --- John W. Tukey (American statistician, 1915-2000)
> >
> > --
> > **************************************************
> > Samuel M. Scheiner
> > Div. Envir. Biol. (Rm 635) National Science Foundation
> > 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22230
> > Tel: 703-292-7189 Fax: 703-292-9065
> > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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