Main Title |
Statistical analysis of behavioural data : an approach based on time-structured models / |
Author |
Haccou, Patsy.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
Year Published |
1992 |
OCLC Number |
25549757 |
ISBN |
0198546637; 9780198546634 |
Subjects |
Psychology--Statistical methods ;
Psychology--Mathematical models ;
Markov processes ;
Modèles mathématiques ;
Méthodes statistiques ;
Psychologie ;
Sciences du comportement ;
Sciences du comportment--Méthode ;
Statistiques comme sujet ;
Chaãines de Markov ;
Data-analyse ;
Ethologie ;
Psychologie--Méthodes statistiques ;
Psychologie--Modèles mathématiques ;
Markov, Processus de
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EKBM |
BF39.H24 1992 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
05/17/2002 |
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Collation |
xvii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {376}-383) and indexes. |
Contents Notes |
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introductory remarks. 1.2. The continuous time Markov chain (CTMC). 1.3. Generalizations. 1.4. Outline of the analysis. 1.5. Technical preliminaries: observing for a fixed period -- 2. Preliminary inspection of the observations. 2.1. Introductory remarks. 2.2. Structural overlaps and gaps. 2.3. Data correction. 2.4. Examining inter-rater reliability -- 3. Analysis of time inhomogeneity. 3.1. Introductory remarks. 3.2. Visual scanning methods. 3.3. Formal methods for abrupt changes. 3.4. Gradual changes: a few examples -- 4. Tests for exponentiality. 4.1. Introductory remarks. 4.2. Types of deviations from exponentiality and their implications for modelling. 4.3. Classification of tests. 4.4. Occurrence of censoring. 4.5. Some preliminary theoretical considerations. 4.6. Tests for uncensored observations. 4.7. Tests for randomly censored observations. 4.8. Further remarks -- 5. Tests of sequential dependency properties. 5.1. Introductory remarks. 5.2. Sequences of acts. 5.3. Relations between bout lengths and preceding and/or following acts. 5.4. Relations between subsequent bouts and/or gaps. 5.5. Further remarks -- 6. Simultaneous tests. 6.1. Introductory remarks. 6.2. Procedures for combining test results. 6.3. Multiple comparison methods -- 7. Analysis based on a (semi- )Markov description. 7.1. Introductory remarks. 7.2. Estimation in CTMCs. 7.3. Examining the effects of covariates on CTMCs. 7.4. Parameter estimation in semi-Markov chains. 7.5. Examining the effects of covariates on semi-Markov chains -- 8. Examples of analyses based on continuous time Markov chain modelling. 8.1. Introductory remarks. 8.2. Dyadic interaction of male rats. 8.3. Mother-infant interaction of rhesus monkeys. 8.4. Mating behaviour of barbs -- Appendix I: Statistical tables -- Appendix II: CAMERA, an event recorder with video facilities. |