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ejected. In this situation, the<br />

(smaller) nested model:<br />

2<br />

G test can be used to compare the saturated model with a<br />

G<br />

2<br />

difference<br />

2<br />

2<br />

= G nested − G overall . (5.38)<br />

The degrees <strong>of</strong> freedom (df) equal the df <strong>of</strong> the nested model minus the df <strong>of</strong> the<br />

saturated model. If the<br />

G 2<br />

difference<br />

is not significant, it means that the more parsimonious<br />

nested model is not significantly worse than the saturated model. Then, one should<br />

choose the nested model since it is simpler.<br />

This could be easily extended to three variables model each with two levels (with<br />

present and absent <strong>of</strong> the species). The general loglinear model <strong>for</strong> a three-way table is<br />

A B C AB AC BC ABC<br />

ln( F ) = µ + γ + γ + γ + γ + γ + γ + γ . (5.39)<br />

ijk i j k ij ik jk ijk<br />

The total number <strong>of</strong> non-redundant parameters is the total number <strong>of</strong> cell counts, which<br />

is 2× 2× 2=<br />

8.<br />

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