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Activity Number:
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343
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Biometrics Section
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| Abstract - #307095 |
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Title:
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On the Analysis of Mouse Preference Data
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Author(s):
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Yang Yang*+ and Willard J. Braun
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Companies:
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University of Western Ontario and University of Western Ontario
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Address:
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Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada
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Keywords:
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generalized linear models ; ordinal predictor ; data analysis
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Abstract:
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Data have been collected from simple choice experiments on female mice. The mice are placed at one end of a Y-shaped maze and monitored to see which arm of the maze they are attracted to. The main interest is in detecting a female's attraction or repulsion from the odor of a parasite-infected male. In particular, if another female's odor is combined with the male odor, does this make the infected male seem "safer"? How familiar does the female have to be to counteract the natural repulsion? And are there longitudinal effects? These kinds of questions are addressed through the analysis of these data.
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