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Is REP a measure of “objective support”?
Author(s) -
Farris James S.,
Goloboff Pablo A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00238.x
Subject(s) - explanatory power , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , epistemology , management science , computer science , philosophy , engineering , data mining
Grant and Kluge have recently stated that Bremer support and their own REP (“relative explanatory power”), are the only objective measures of group support. This paper discusses their claim, showing that their philosophical arguments have no basis, and that their own numerical examples actually serve to illustrate shortcomings of REP.