Hi, would anyone have a script for Excel, Minitab or SPSS for use in = back calculating age and growth data in ectotherms? If you do, I would = greatly appreciate a copy with instructions!!!! Thanks for the help. =20 Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Texas A&M University Texarkana 2600 Robison Rd. Texarkana, TX 75501 O: 1-903-233-3134 H: 1-903-791-3843 Homepage: https://www.eagle.tamut.edu/faculty/mmccallum/index.html =20
________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of = Paul Johnson Sent: Fri 3/3/2006 9:58 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: AIC Hi Bonnie, Here is an excellent link that explains the AIC (you are looking for the lowest value for AIC). http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2004/21842/apa.html You might want to look at other criteria such as BIC, AICc, HQ, HQc, FPE etc. (you might want to look at Regression and Time Series Model Selection by McQuarrie and Tsai (1999) - World Scientific for more detail. Hope this helps. Paul Paul Johnson http://www.biostatsoftware.com --- bonnie clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting conflicting answers to a question and am > hoping you could help. > > When using the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), > am I looking for the > smallest number or the smallest absolute number? > > For example, I have two models. > > (-2 log likelihood) + (2k) > > log likelihood k AIC > > 532.5052 16 -1033.0104 > 509.8392 58 -903.6784 > > the difference between the two is great, but which > is better? > -1033.0104 is the smallest, but -903.6784 is the > smallest absolute value. > > I won't say which model I LIKE better. =3D) > > thanks, > bc > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! > Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >