{"id":106,"date":"2016-08-03T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2017-08-31T14:15:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:15:04","slug":"inference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/inference-module\/inference\/","title":{"rendered":"Inference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-106\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-106-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h4>This module will focus on deriving inferences in ecology. We will emphasize examples in which controversies exist, in part, because of the application of inferential tools and associated assumptions. As the first module of the course, we also will stress skills required to critically read the literature and effectively lead and participate in discussions.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Date<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Topic<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-1-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Readings, HW and things to think about<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Thursday Aug 17<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Patterns and the Scientific Method<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Why is there controversy in science?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-2-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Reading for today<\/strong>:<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/readings\/\"> Platt 1964<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Reading-the-literature-.pdf\">Reading the literature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HW due next time<\/strong>: Design a figure based on these\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/08\/8000-inference-data.xlsx\">data<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Tuesday\u00a0Aug 22<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Observational vs Experimental Data<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Experimental design<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Controversy: examples<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Discussion of the figures you made<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-3-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-3-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><strong>Reading for today:<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2016\/readings\/\">Hurlbert 1984<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For today's paper discussion:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is one idea\/concept you took away from the paper?<\/li>\n<li>What is one question you had from the paper?<\/li>\n<li>What is one issue you found unsatisfying or disagreed with in the paper?<\/li>\n<li>Were there any insights that changed your perspective?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-4\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Thursday\u00a0Aug 24<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Classic Statistics and P-values<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stats refresher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/Effectsizes.pptx\">Effect sizes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-4-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-4-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong><strong>Reading for today:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/readings\/\">Osenberg et al. 2002<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Cool thoughts:<\/em>\u00a0Effect size\u00a0exercise<\/p>\n<p><strong>HW for next time:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/effect-size-hw\/\">Create an effect size measure for data you have collected or will collect<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-5\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Tuesday\u00a0Aug 29<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Effect Size HW PPT<\/p>\n<p>Fisheries\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-5-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-5-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Reading for today:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/readings\/\">Meyers and Worm 2003<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0Cool thoughts: <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/08\/Simpsons-paradox.pptx\">Simpsons paradox<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-6\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Thursday Aug 31\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Controversy and Reconciliation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-106-6-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-6-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Reading for Today: <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/readings\/\">Case_Chapter10_MSY<\/a>, watch: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7DNhqtYf47E<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cool thoughts: Why most published research findings are false (<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.ecology.uga.edu\/ecol8000-fall2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/08\/Ioannidis-2005-PLOS-Medicine.pdf\">Ioannidis 2005 (PLOS Medicine)<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>HW:\u00a0<\/strong>What do you think the role of scientists should be in environmental policy (e.g., in conservation or sustainability); i.e., how will you handle a request to \"help us solve this problem.\" Come up with a real world example<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-106-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-106-7\" ><div id=\"pgc-106-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-106-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div 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