Model Selection via Focused Information Criteria for Complex Data in Ecology and Evolution
Datasets encountered when examining deeper issues in ecology and evolution are often complex. This calls for careful strategies for both model building, model selection, and model averaging. Our paper aims at motivating, exhibiting, and further developing focused model selection criteria. In context...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2252902cb8fd464ea0315f9135feb3c3 2023-05-15T13:54:01+02:00 Model Selection via Focused Information Criteria for Complex Data in Ecology and Evolution Gerda Claeskens Céline Cunen Nils Lid Hjort 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00415 https://doaj.org/article/2252902cb8fd464ea0315f9135feb3c3 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00415/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-701X 2296-701X doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00415 https://doaj.org/article/2252902cb8fd464ea0315f9135feb3c3 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 7 (2019) bird species abundance ecology evolution FIC and AFIC focused model selection linear mixed effects QH359-425 QH540-549.5 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00415 2022-12-31T02:21:44Z Datasets encountered when examining deeper issues in ecology and evolution are often complex. This calls for careful strategies for both model building, model selection, and model averaging. Our paper aims at motivating, exhibiting, and further developing focused model selection criteria. In contexts involving precisely formulated interest parameters, these versions of FIC, the focused information criterion, typically lead to better final precision for the most salient estimates, confidence intervals, etc. as compared to estimators obtained from other selection methods. Our methods are illustrated with real case studies in ecology; one related to bird species abundance and another to the decline in body condition for the Antarctic minke whale. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Minke whale minke whale Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic The Antarctic Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7 |
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Datasets encountered when examining deeper issues in ecology and evolution are often complex. This calls for careful strategies for both model building, model selection, and model averaging. Our paper aims at motivating, exhibiting, and further developing focused model selection criteria. In contexts involving precisely formulated interest parameters, these versions of FIC, the focused information criterion, typically lead to better final precision for the most salient estimates, confidence intervals, etc. as compared to estimators obtained from other selection methods. Our methods are illustrated with real case studies in ecology; one related to bird species abundance and another to the decline in body condition for the Antarctic minke whale. |
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Model Selection via Focused Information Criteria for Complex Data in Ecology and Evolution |
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Model Selection via Focused Information Criteria for Complex Data in Ecology and Evolution |
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