Root mean square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE): When to use them or not

TO Hodson - Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
The mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean squared error (RMSE) are widely used
metrics for evaluating models. Yet, there remains enduring confusion over their use, such …

The reign of the p-value is over: what alternative analyses could we employ to fill the power vacuum?

LG Halsey - Biology letters, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The p-value has long been the figurehead of statistical analysis in biology, but its position is
under threat. p is now widely recognized as providing quite limited information about our …

Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity

L Gibson, TM Lee, LP Koh, BW Brook, TA Gardner… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Human-driven land-use changes increasingly threaten biodiversity, particularly in tropical
forests where both species diversity and human pressures on natural environments are …

AIC model selection and multimodel inference in behavioral ecology: some background, observations, and comparisons

KP Burnham, DR Anderson, KP Huyvaert - Behavioral ecology and …, 2011 - Springer
We briefly outline the information-theoretic (IT) approaches to valid inference including a
review of some simple methods for making formal inference from all the hypotheses in the …

A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike's information criterion

MRE Symonds, A Moussalli - Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 2011 - Springer
Akaike's information criterion (AIC) is increasingly being used in analyses in the field of
ecology. This measure allows one to compare and rank multiple competing models and to …

PLS-based model selection: The role of alternative explanations in information systems research

P Sharma, M Sarstedt, G Shmueli, KH Kim… - Journal of the …, 2019 - aisel.aisnet.org
Exploring theoretically plausible alternative models for explaining the phenomenon under
study is a crucial step in advancing scientific knowledge. This paper advocates model …

[图书][B] Practical use of the information-theoretic approach

KP Burnham, DR Anderson, KP Burnham… - 1998 - Springer
Abstract Model building and data analysis in the biological sciences somewhat presupposes
that the person has some advanced education in the quantitative sciences, and statistics in …

AIC model selection using Akaike weights

EJ Wagenmakers, S Farrell - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2004 - Springer
The Akaike information criterion (AIC; Akaike, 1973) is a popular method for comparing the
adequacy of multiple, possibly nonnested models. Current practice in cognitive psychology …

Evaluating resource selection functions

MS Boyce, PR Vernier, SE Nielsen… - Ecological modelling, 2002 - Elsevier
A resource selection function (RSF) is any model that yields values proportional to the
probability of use of a resource unit. RSF models often are fitted using generalized linear …

[图书][B] Model based inference in the life sciences: a primer on evidence

DR Anderson - 2007 - books.google.com
The abstract concept of “information” can be quantified and this has led to many important
advances in the analysis of data in the empirical sciences. This text focuses on a science …