Practical Use of the Information-Theoretic Approach

摘要: Model building and data analysis in the biological sciences somewhat presupposes that person has some advanced education quantitative sciences, statistics particular. This requirement also implies a substantial knowledge of statistical hypothesis-testing approaches. Such people, including ourselves over past several years, often find it difficult to understand information-theoretic approach, only because is conceptually so very different from testing approach familiar. Relatively speaking, concepts practical use are much simpler than those hypothesis testing, various Bayesian approaches (e.g., Laud Ibrahim 1995 Carlin Chib 1995).