PAST, for phylogenetic analysis, statistics

[Richard Zander]

Well, I'm pleased that even a joke involving what may be interpreted as a
postmodern criticism of science sets off alarms and whistles. We shall have
to trust in Bonferroni.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Una Smith [mailto:una at LANL.GOV]
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 1:34 PM
To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] PAST, for phylogenetic analysis, statistics


Richard Zander wrote:
>(Heck, you can try all the tests on all your data sets and by
>chance alone something will be publishable, I bet.)

See H. S. Horn and J. C. Farnsworth 1986, "Notes on empirical
ecology", or "The Kuhn-Popper knee-jerk philosophy of science
blues", American Scientist 76:572-573

        Una Smith

Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K-710, Los Alamos, NM  87545