The multivariate t distribution and other normal/independent multivariate distributions, such as the multivariate slash distribution and the multivariate contaminated distribution, are used for robust ...

Linear regression-based quantitative trait loci/association mapping methods such as least squares commonly assume normality of residuals. In genetics studies of plants or animals, some quantitative ...

This short course is intended to provide basic knowledge to graduate students outside the field of statistics to intimate them with the methods and approaches of the classical regression model. Topics ...

It has long been known that insufficient consideration of spatial autocorrelation leads to unreliable hypothesis-tests and inaccurate parameter estimates. Yet, ecologists are confronted with a ...