Interpreting effect sizes in Poisson regression
1 5, 2022

Interpreting effect sizes in Poisson regression

Control charts for monitoring changes in ecological populations
1 5, 2022

Control charts for monitoring changes in ecological populations

Model selection tip - identifying pretender variables
3 19, 2022

Model selection tip - identifying pretender variables

The best and the worst
3 21, 2021

The best and the worst

Why I don't use AUC to assess model fit.
2 9, 2021

Why I don't use AUC to assess model fit.

What model should be used for a 'nuisance' parameter?
3 20, 2020

What model should be used for a 'nuisance' parameter?

Calculating standard errors for logistic regression/logit link using the delta method
2 9, 2020

Calculating standard errors for logistic regression/logit link using the delta method

COVID-19 and occupancy modelling
1 6, 2020

COVID-19 and occupancy modelling

From COVID-19 to animal abundance - how raw counts can be misleading
4 28, 2020

From COVID-19 to animal abundance - how raw counts can be misleading

On the move
4 28, 2020

On the move

Maximum likelihood estimation: how does it work and some practical tips
3 18, 2020

Maximum likelihood estimation: how does it work and some practical tips

From the mountains to the sea - trees, deer and sea lions.
3 18, 2020

From the mountains to the sea - trees, deer and sea lions.

Signs of the times
4 24, 2019

Signs of the times

An advantage of occupancy modelling
3 21, 2019

An advantage of occupancy modelling

How to avoid disappointing research results?
3 18, 2019

How to avoid disappointing research results?

Occupancy world tour and log-linear SCDMs!
3 18, 2019

Occupancy world tour and log-linear SCDMs!

How many covariates can I include in my occupancy model?
4 23, 2019

How many covariates can I include in my occupancy model?

Sea lions and spotted owls
4 23, 2019

Sea lions and spotted owls

Trees and earthquakes don't mix
4 28, 2019

Trees and earthquakes don't mix

Defining a trend in occupancy in PRESENCE
4 28, 2019

Defining a trend in occupancy in PRESENCE

Probability vs proportion of units occupied
5 31, 2019

Probability vs proportion of units occupied

Simulating impacted populations in R
5 31, 2019

Simulating impacted populations in R

New Zealand sea lions, Proteus' spirit animal?
5 30, 2019

New Zealand sea lions, Proteus' spirit animal?

Multi-scale occupancy model - data format for PRESENCE
5 30, 2019

Multi-scale occupancy model - data format for PRESENCE

Interpreting the effects of 2 continuous covariates
5 29, 2019

Interpreting the effects of 2 continuous covariates

Shiny apps and online courses
5 29, 2019

Shiny apps and online courses

Comments on presence-absence data
4 27, 2019

Comments on presence-absence data

New jobs, new skills!
4 27, 2019

New jobs, new skills!

Change is afoot!
4 22, 2019

Change is afoot!

Occupancy modelling - sampling tips
4 22, 2019

Occupancy modelling - sampling tips

Seasons greetings!
4 24, 2018

Seasons greetings!

Occupancy modelling - tips on including covariates in Program PRESENCE
4 22, 2018

Occupancy modelling - tips on including covariates in Program PRESENCE

Workshops galore!
4 22, 2018

Workshops galore!

Occupancy modelling - home range vs grid cell size
4 26, 2018

Occupancy modelling - home range vs grid cell size

Hector's dolphins and snow leopards
4 25, 2018

Hector's dolphins and snow leopards

Dolphins, penguins and cats!
4 23, 2018

Dolphins, penguins and cats!

How to calculate odds ratios from logistic regression coefficients
4 23, 2018

How to calculate odds ratios from logistic regression coefficients

Interpreting confidence interval overlap - you might be doing it wrong!
2 13, 2018

Interpreting confidence interval overlap - you might be doing it wrong!

Round the world in 18 days
2 13, 2018

Round the world in 18 days

Animal welfare, fish and training
5 31, 2018

Animal welfare, fish and training

Spatial correlation and the independence assumption with occupancy modelling
5 30, 2018

Spatial correlation and the independence assumption with occupancy modelling

Something old, something new
3 20, 2018

Something old, something new

We've been developing our social media presence, using R to create images of famous quotes, and worked on a couple of projects with a difference this month.

Beer bottles and mark-recapture?
3 17, 2018

Beer bottles and mark-recapture?

How many bottles of beer were drunk at the West Taieri Rugby Football Club after a game? We can use mark-recapture methods to estimate this!

Occupancy modelling - more than species presence/absence!
3 20, 2018

Occupancy modelling - more than species presence/absence!

In this video Darryl MacKenzie provides an overview of occupancy modelling, noting that it is for more than just species presence/absence

Mother Nature waylays our plans!
3 20, 2018

Mother Nature waylays our plans!

Mother Natured didn't do us any favours this month!

Sample size tips for closed population capture-recapture studies
4 24, 2018

Sample size tips for closed population capture-recapture studies

In this video Darryl provides some tips on sample size considerations for estimating abundance or population size with closed population capture-recapture (or mark-recapture) methods. Here is the R code used to create the plots discussed in the video.

A new course and Hectors dolphins
4 24, 2018

A new course and Hectors dolphins

What have we been up to this month?

Our plans for the future and bilby distribution
3 18, 2018

Our plans for the future and bilby distribution

What's in store for Proteus in 2018?

Considerations when using continuous-valued covariates
3 17, 2018

Considerations when using continuous-valued covariates

Darryl gives some tips on important considerations when using continuous-valued covariates in analyses

Beer fridge statistics
3 16, 2017

Beer fridge statistics

Darryl uses the contents of his beer fridge to explain the relationship between probabilities, odds and odds ratios.

Book, ducks and short courses
3 16, 2017

Book, ducks and short courses

The title of this post says it all!

Interpreting confidence intervals
1 2, 2017

Interpreting confidence intervals

In this month’s video tip Darryl explains how we should interpret confidence intervals.

New website and kangaroo abundance
1 1, 2017

New website and kangaroo abundance

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