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Distinctions between optimal and expected support
Author(s) -
Wheeler Ward C.
Publication year - 2010
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.1096-0031.2010.00308.x
Subject(s) - mathematics , econometrics , psychology , statistics , biology
Several commonly used support measures are discussed and described as either optimal or expected support. This distinction is based on whether the indices are based on a function of optimal and non‐optimal hypotheses, or on the statistical expectation of clades. © The Willi Hennig Society 2010.