Models, Science and Statistics: Thoughts for Students in Agriculture and Agroecology

Описание: This video suggests practical steps that will help you in your student research project, by prompting thinking about models of research and statistical models for analysing data. This video was created for the 'Research Methodology' course, given for MSc students in Agricultural Sciences at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA).


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Contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Why are models useful?
02:22 - Crop model examples
03:41 - Limitations of models
04:24 - Conceptual models
05:02 - Models for analysis
05:57 - Straight line model example
08:21 - Non-linear model example
09:16 - Messages to remember
10:28 - Habits to get into
12:14 - Further resources