Quantitative EthologyPatrick W. Colgan This volume brings together in one place, for the first time, the variety of advanced quantitative techniques available to the ethologist and worker in allied fields. Topics include: data collection; estimation of the behavioral repertory of an animal; the measurement of the amount of information transferred in communicative acts; the quantitative study of durations, intervals, latencies, and sequences of stimuli and responses; use of cluster analysis to study response types; analyzing multidimensional contingency tables; multidimensional scaling; and multivariate analysis based on multinormal populations. |
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A/Jgrp algorithm analyzed animal applied approach arrows assumptions axes biological block diagram bout canonical canonical analysis cell centroid chapter chi-square cluster analysis coefficients component scores considered contingency table correlation covariance degrees of freedom diagram of immediate dimensional dimensions discriminant analysis discriminant space discrimination vectors display distance distribution duration eigenvalues eigenvector equal equation estimates ethologists ethology example factor analysis Figure flow network frequency GROOM group centroid hierarchical cluster hierarchical cluster analysis independent indicates individuals information theory interactions interpretation intervals kinematic graph male mathematical matrix McFarland method mice multidimensional scaling multivariate nest nonmetric observed parameters percent plot possible principal component analysis probability problem procedure quantitative raw data relation relationship repertoire represent response sample sequence signal flow significant similar similarity matrix solution specific statistical strategy survivor function techniques theory tions total number transformation transition univariate values variance variation X₁ zero