Modeling: Neutral, Null, and Baseline.
Two strategies for using a model as “null” are distinguished. Null modeling evaluates whether a process is causally responsible for a pattern by testing it against a null model. Baseline modeling measures the relative significance of various processes responsible for a pattern by detecting deviation...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 85; no. 4; pp. 594 - 617 |
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Cambridge University Press
Oct2018
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