To bin or not to bin: why parasite abundance data should not be lumped into categories for statistical analysis

The impact of macroparasites on their hosts is proportional to the number of parasites per host, or parasite abundance. Abundance values are count data, i.e. integers ranging from 0 to some maximum number, depending on the host–parasite system. When using parasite abundance as a predictor in statist...

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Main Author: Robert Poulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press
Series:Parasitology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S003118202500040X/type/journal_article
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