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A protocol for data explora.on to avoid common sta.s.cal problems Zuur et al (2010) Methods in Ecology and Evolu.on

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Page 1: Aprotocolfordataexploraonto · PDF fileNeil J. Walker Anatoly A. Saveliev Graham M. Smith ed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R Springer . 3 Formulate bio ogical hypothesis

A  protocol  for  data  explora.on  to  avoid  common  sta.s.cal  problems  

Zuur  et  al  (2010)  Methods  in  Ecology  and  Evolu.on  

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Zuur  et  al  2009  (Mixed  Effects  Models  and  Extensions  in  Ecology  with  R)  

•  Appendix  A  –  A.1  The  data  –  A.2  Data  Explora.on  

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Protocol  for  data  explora.on  

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Step  1:  Are  there  outliers  in  Y  and  X?  

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Step  2:  Do  we  have  homogeneity  of  variance?  

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Step  3:  Are  the  data  normally  distributed?  

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Step  4:  Are  there  lots  of  zeros  in  the  data?  

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Step  5:  Is  there  collinearity  among  the  covariates?  

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Step  6:  What  are  the  rela.onships  between  Y  and  X  variables?  

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Step  7:  Should  we  consider  interac.ons?  

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Step  8:  Are  observa.ons  of  the  response  variable  independent?  

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What  about  the  code?  

•  All  the  code  needed  to  make  all  the  figures  that  are  presented  here  is  part  of  the  supplementary  material  of  the  paper!  

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The  next  step:  Model  selec.on  

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