Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Preface xv
5. Part 1. Scientific Process. Overview
6. 1. A Brief Tour of Statistical Concepts 3
7. 2. Models of Scientific Inquiry and Statistical Practice: Implications for the Structure of Scientific Knowledge
8. 2.1 Commentary 32
9. 2.2 Commentary 39
10. 2.3 Rejoinder 43
11. 3. Experiments, Observations, and Other Kinds of Evidence
12. 3.1 Commentary 66
13. 3.2 Commentary 67
14. 3.3 Rejoinder 69
15. Part 2. Logics of Evidence
16. 4. An Error-Statistical Philosophy of Evidence
17. 4.1 Commentary 97
18. 4.2 Commentary 99
19. 4.3 Rejoinder 101
20. 5. The Likelihood Paradigm for Statistical Evidence
21. 5.1 Commentary 138
22. 5.2 Commentary 140
23. 5.3 Rejoinder 145
24. 6. Why Likelihood?
25. 6.1 Commentary 165
26. 6.2 Commentary 167
27. 6.3 Rejoinder 181
28. 7. Evidence Functions and the Optimality of the Law of Likelihood
29. 7.1 Commentary 203
30. 7.2 Commentary 205
31. 7.3 Rejoinder 207
32. Part 3. Realities of Nature
33. 8. Whole-Ecosystem Experiments: Replication and Arguing from Error
34. 8.1 Commentary 248
35. 8.2 Commentary 256
36. 8.3 Rejoinder 258
37. 9. Dynamical Models as Paths to Evidence in Ecology
38. 9.1 Commentary 286
39. 9.2 Commentary 290
40. 9.3 Rejoinder 292
41. 10. Constraints on Negative Relationships: Mathematical Causes and Ecological Consequences
42. 10.1 Commentary 308
43. 10.2 Commentary 315
44. 10.3 Rejoinder 318
45. Part 4. Science, Opinion, and Evidence
46. 11. Statistics and the Scientific Method in Ecology
47. 11.1 Commentary 360
48. 11.2 Commentary 362
49. 11.3 Rejoinder 367
50. 12. Taking the Prior Seriously: Bayesian Analysis without Subjective Probability
51. 12.1 Commentary 400
52. 12.2 Rejoinder 401
53. 13. Elicit Data, Not Prior: On Using Expert Opinion in Ecological Studies
54. 13.1 Commentary 423
55. 13.2 Commentary 428
56. 13.3 Rejoinder 431
57. Part 5. Models, Realities, and Evidence
58. 14. Statistical Distances as Loss Functions in Assessing Model Adequacy
59. 14.1 Commentary 478
60. 14.2 Commentary 480
61. 14.3 Rejoinder 483
62. 15. Model Identification from Many Candidates
63. 15.1 Commentary 501
64. 15.2 Commentary 508
65. 15.3 Rejoinder 519
66. Part 6. Conclusion
67. 16. The Nature of Scientific Evidence: A Forward-Looking Synthesis 527
68. Contributors 553
69. Index 557