Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ethics in Publications
See the following article for some helpful advice: Title: Authorship in ecology: attribution, accountability, and responsibility http://apps.isiknowledge.com.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu:8080/full_record.do?product=WOSsearch_mode=GeneralSearchqid=1SID=3BnMK2NcM6PPDCLOeGHpage=1doc=5 Author(s): Weltzin JF, Belote RT, Williams LT, et al. Source: FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Volume: 4 Issue: 8 Pages: 435-441 Published: OCT 2006 -- Damon Ely Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biology 2119 Derring Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540-231-6679 Office: 1027 Derring Hall http://filebox.vt.edu/users/elyda1/streamteam/homepage.html Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. ---Charles Mingus
Re: why scientists AGREE WITH evolution
On a very fundamental level, we agree with evolution because the theory was borne out of the scientific process, a process that has made possible all of the scientific knowledge we have today. Humans have constructed and embraced the scientific process as a rigorous, critical, objective manner in which to gain all scientific knowledge. To deny evolutionary theory, you must also deny medicine, electricity, thermodynamics, and all other products of the scientific process. We have no choice but to accept evolutionary theory until an alternate hypothesis with equal support, explanatory power, and predictive capability comes along. -- Damon Ely Ph.D. Candidate Department of Biology 2119 Derring Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540-231-6679 Office: 1027 Derring Hall http://filebox.vt.edu/users/elyda1/streamteam/homepage.html Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. —Charles Mingus
SAS and blocking
I've just begun to use SAS and I'm trying to run a complete block design with two factors (i.e. a two-way ANOVA with a blocking factor). It seems like the code I've found to conduct this analysis is basically a three-way ANOVA that only evaluates the interaction of the two factors of interest. The block is treated as any other factor and the TSS is partitioned among them. Likewise, a one-way ANOVA block design is written just like a two-way with the block treated as a factor. Is this how block designs are analyzed statistically? If so, can't I just run a two-way ANOVA in SigmaStat to analyze a one-factor block design, focusing only on the p values associated with a treatment effect? Thus, no need for code and libraries and other SAS issues. -- Damon Ely Graduate Student Department of Biology 2119 Derring Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540-231-6679 Office: 1027 Derring Hall
