Python for ecologists

Partitions and Model Fitting

Overview

Teaching: 180 min
Exercises: 0 min
Questions
  • What is partitioning, and how does it work?

  • What are some common ways of partitioning?

Objectives
  • Explain how we can use the Bayes Factor to select a partitioning scheme.

  • Perform a partitioned analysis of a data set on LONI.

Partition PDF here
Bayes Factor PDF here

We will do some editing to use the Bayes Factor scripts to make a custom partition-testing script. You may want to make a local copy of the scripts directory, if you don’t normally.

Key Points