The Sample Size-Richness Relation
The Relevance of Research Questions, Sampling Strategies, and Behavioral Variation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7605583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Plog (0000-0002-5481-2878, University of Virginia), Stephen Plog, M Hegmon (0000-0002-9500-5685, New Mexico State University) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 489-496 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/282108 |
| OpenAlex | W2084895911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 6 |
Recent discussions of the relation between sample size and assemblage richness suggest that researchers should control for that relation before behavioral interpretations of richness levels can proceed. We suggest that such automatic decisions should be avoided because a strong correlation between sample size and richness alone is not sufficient evidence for dismissing behavioral factors as the primary causes of the variation in richness. Instead, we must first explore the causes of the observed variation in sample size and the relation of those causes to our research questions
Biology · Body size and species richness · Data mining · Diversity (politics) · Geography · Political science · Relation (database) · Relevance (law) · Sample (material) · Sample size determination · Sociology · Species richness · Statistics · Variation (astronomy) · Anthropology · Computer Science · Ecology · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Mathematics · Psychology · Species Distribution and Climate Change
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2023 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |