Khuong Dinh (@khuongdinh.bsky.social)

"This paper elucidates the common pitfalls in ecological studies, such as throwing all variables into an analysis, use of the Akaike information criterion (AIC) for model selection, the “Table 2 fallacy” and the misuse of controls: all of which can lead to misleading scientific understanding."

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Ecology needs a causal overhaul Ecology has yet to embrace causal inference, yet most questions in ecology are causal. Despite the common use of terms that imply causation, such as “shapes”, “drives”, or “impacts”, many studies shy... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70029

4 months ago