Abstract
Abstract This chapter reviews statistical testing involving phylogenies. We present both the classical framework with the use of sampling distributions involving the bootstrap and permutation tests and the Bayesian approach using posterior distributions.
Keywords
Permutation (music)Statistical hypothesis testingBayesian probabilitySampling distributionSampling (signal processing)Posterior probabilityStatisticsEconometricsMathematicsStatistical physicsComputer sciencePhysics
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- 91-120
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Susan Holmes
(2005).
Statistical Approach to Tests Involving Phylogenies.
, 91-120.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198566106.003.0004
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- 10.1093/oso/9780198566106.003.0004