| Abstract: | Undergraduate wildlife students taking introductory statistics too often are poorly prepared and insufficiently motivated to learn statistics. We have also encountered too many wildlife professionals, even with graduate degrees, who exhibit an aversion to thinking statistically, either relying too heavily on statisticians or avoiding statistics altogether. We believe part of the reason for these problems is that wildlife majors are insufficiently grounded in the scientific method and analytical thinking before they take statistics. We suggest that a partial solution is to assure wildlife majors are trained in the scientific method at the very beginning of their academic careers. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 5223959 |
| Citation Author: | Kendall, W.L.; Gould, W.R. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 5 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 623-627 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | In My Opinion... section |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | An appeal to undergraduate wildlife programs: send scientists to learn statistics; 2002; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Kendall, W.L.; Gould, W.R. |
| Citation Start Page: | 623 |
| Citation Volume: | 30 |
| Citation Year: | 2002 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | An appeal to undergraduate wildlife programs: send scientists to learn statistics; 2002; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Kendall, W.L.; Gould, W.R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3784526 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:18 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
