论文信息 - The analysis of contact sampling data

The analysis of contact sampling data

SummaryUse of the chi-square statistic for investigating interspecific association has been incorrectly applied to the contact sampling method because of an invalid probability argument. The usual method of calculating expected frequencies leads to a large overestimation and hence bias towards negative association. A correct method of analysis is presented and discussed.

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