Introduction

Kenneth P. Burnham and David R. Anderson
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Kenneth P. Burnham: Colorado State University, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
David R. Anderson: Colorado State University, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Chapter 1 in Model Selection and Inference, 1998, pp 1-31 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This book is about making valid inferences from scientific data when a meaningful analysis depends on a model. Our general objective is to provide scientists with a readable text giving practical advice for the analysis of empirical data under an information-theoretic paradigm. We first assume that an exciting scientific question has been carefully posed and relevant data have been collected, following a sound experimental design or probabilistic sampling program. Often, little can be salvaged if data collection has been seriously flawed or if the question was poorly posed (Hand 1994). We realize, of course, that these issues are never as ideal as one would like. However, proper attention must be placed on the collection of data (Chatfield 1991, 1995a). We stress inferences concerning understanding the structure and function of the biological system, estimators of relevant parameters, and valid measures of precision; we say somewhat less about formal prediction.

Keywords: Model Selection; Biological Science; True Model; Candidate Model; Approximate Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-2917-7_1

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