Let me take a (somewhat) contrarian position to those previously
expressed. An experiment is any test of a hypothesis. An experiment can
involve the use of observational (unmanipulated) data, as long as the
hypothesis is clearly stated prior to the collection of the data. While
it is true that an
d an advanced degree in Animal Ecology (actually
> Limnology) from ISU.
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> 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
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" wr
Actually, the exiting polls got it right!!! Remember, a lot of people
left the polling booth thinking that they had voted for Gore, when they
had actually messed up their ballot. Based on who they thought that they
had voted for, they informed the exit pollers who called it for Gore.
Sam
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Even better, people might deliberately lie. About 20 years ago in
Chicago, newspaper columnist Mike Royko, in a protest over predicting
winners before the polls closed, encouraged people to deliberately lie
to exit pollers. The predictions that night were fun to watch!
Sam
"J. Williams" wrote:
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