Small Sample Size Problems in Wildlife Ecology: a Contingent Analytical Approach

Authors

John A. Bissonette, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Wildlife Biology

Volume

5

Issue

2

Publication Date

1999

First Page

65

Last Page

71

Abstract

Administrative, political, and natural history constraints on the design of research studies in ecology often result in small data sets. In this paper, I identify some problems associated with small data sets and describe a contingent process for data analysis. I argue that exploring small data sets is heuristic and can be a valuable first step in the formulation of biologically interesting hypotheses.

Recommended Citation

Bissonette, J. A. 1999 Small sample size problems in wildlife ecology: a contingent analytical approach. Wildlife Biology 5(2):65-71.