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In a study of water quality trends, EPA compiled stream biological monitoring data in the Mid-Atlantic region before and after 1997. They are interested in whether there was a shift in biological conditions in streams in the area. The indicator they used is EPT taxa richness (number of taxa belong to three genera of flies […]

 

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The Everglades wetland ecosystems are phosphorus limited. After the Everglades Agriculture Areas (EAA) were established (enabled by a series of federal government constructed water diversion systems for draining part of the Everglades wetland), phosphorus-rich agriculture runoff reached the Everglades wetland and resulted in dramatic changes in parts of the Everglades wetlands. To better protect the […]

 

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In the Kemp’s ridley turtle example, we tested whether the sex ratio has shifted. The data were observational, that is, turtles used in the data set were not randomly selected from the population, rather, these were turtles stranded on the beach. One particular feature of the data is the large difference in the number of […]

 

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Problems of a significance test with a low power. Reproducible research findings are a cornerstone of the scientific method. However, studies have shown that results of published research can be difficult to replicate when only statistically significant results are published, particularly when the statistical significance tests are conducted with small sample sizes (hence with low […]

 

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