Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Export

@article{citeulike:3979340, abstract = {How should ecologists and evolutionary biologists analyze nonnormal data that involve random effects? Nonnormal data such as counts or proportions often defy classical statistical procedures. Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) provide a more flexible approach for analyzing nonnormal data when random effects are present. The explosion of research on GLMMs in the last decade has generated considerable uncertainty for practitioners in ecology and evolution. Despite the availability of accurate techniques for estimating GLMM parameters in simple cases, complex GLMMs are challenging to fit and statistical inference such as hypothesis testing remains difficult. We review the use (and misuse) of GLMMs in ecology and evolution, discuss estimation and inference and summarize 'best-practice' data analysis procedures for scientists facing this challenge.}, author = {Bolker, Benjamin M. and Brooks, Mollie E. and Clark, Connie J. and Geange, Shane W. and Poulsen, John R. and Stevens and White, Jada-Simone S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3979340}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.008}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169534709000196}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19185386}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19185386}, doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.008}, issn = {0169-5347}, journal = {Trends in ecology \& evolution (Personal edition)}, keywords = {ecology, glmm, modeling, statistics}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {127--135}, posted-at = {2009-07-03 23:33:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.008}, volume = {24}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3979340 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3979340 N2 - How should ecologists and evolutionary biologists analyze nonnormal data that involve random effects? Nonnormal data such as counts or proportions often defy classical statistical procedures. Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) provide a more flexible approach for analyzing nonnormal data when random effects are present. The explosion of research on GLMMs in the last decade has generated considerable uncertainty for practitioners in ecology and evolution. Despite the availability of accurate techniques for estimating GLMM parameters in simple cases, complex GLMMs are challenging to fit and statistical inference such as hypothesis testing remains difficult. We review the use (and misuse) of GLMMs in ecology and evolution, discuss estimation and inference and summarize ‘best-practice’ data analysis procedures for scientists facing this challenge. IS - 3 JF - Trends in ecology & evolution (Personal edition) SN - 0169-5347 EP - 135 TI - Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. VL - 24 SP - 127 KW - ecology KW - glmm KW - modeling KW - statistics AU - Bolker, Benjamin AU - Brooks, Mollie AU - Clark, Connie AU - Geange, Shane AU - Poulsen, John AU - Stevens AU - White, Jada-Simone PY - 2009/03/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2008.10.008 ER -