Power calculations for monitoring studies: a case study with alternative models for random variation

Elston, D.A.; Nevison, I.M.; Scott, W.A.; Sier, A.R.J.; Morecroft, M.D.. 2011 Power calculations for monitoring studies: a case study with alternative models for random variation. Environmetrics, 22 (5). 618-625. 10.1002/env.1096

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Abstract/Summary

Statistical assessment of any monitoring scheme should always take place ahead of its implementation, and formal power calculations play an important role in such assessments. The power calculations can either be used to help find a design with a stated probability of detecting a given trend or difference in trends at some level of significance, or they can be used to provide information about the magnitude of trend or difference in trends which is likely to be detected by a proposed monitoring scheme. In either case, the power calculations require estimates of variances or variance components. This paper describes a case study in which statistical powers are compared for two competing models for random variation over years within sites: a random regression coefficient model, and a first order autocorrelated error model. The response variables we present results for are unconstrained indices of butterfly abundance and constrained indices of plant species composition. The results indicate the effect of the different assumptions about random variation, in both the short and the long term.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1002/env.1096
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 1 - Observations, Patterns, and Predictions for Biodiversity
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Parr UKCEH Fellows
ISSN:	1180-4009
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Part of special issue: Quantitative Approaches to Ecosystem Service Evaluation
Additional Keywords:	power calculation, monitoring studies, random effect models, estimating trends, statistics
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	02 Sep 2011 13:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12510

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1002/env.1096

Programmes:

CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biodiversity > BD Topic 1 - Observations, Patterns, and Predictions for Biodiversity

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Parr
UKCEH Fellows

ISSN:

1180-4009

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Part of special issue: Quantitative Approaches to Ecosystem Service Evaluation