Chin J Plant Ecol ›› 2013, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 583-588.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1258.2013.00060

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Suggestions for data analysis and use of statistics

HU Feng-Qin,LI Shuo,MOU Pu()   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Received:2013-01-18 Accepted:2013-04-17 Online:2013-01-18 Published:2013-06-05
  • Contact: MOU Pu

Abstract:

We discuss standards for the data analysis portion of the materials and methods section of ecology theses. We also comment on statistical questions frequently encountered in ecological theses, including: more effective statistical approaches, correlated dependent variables, heteroscedasticity, statistical significance vs. biology/ecology significance, and pseudo-replication.