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Table 4 Statistical tests of differences in move length between males and females.

From: Quantitative analysis of changes in movement behaviour within and outside habitat in a specialist butterfly

 

Null hypothesis tested

Test name

Test statistic

P

Reference*

Test 1a

Goodness-of-fit for lognormal distribution: females

Kolmogorov-Smirnov

D = 0.071

0.083

[53] (pp. 708–715)

Test 1b

Goodness-of-fit for lognormal distribution: males

 

D = 0.054

> 0.150

 

Test 2

Equality of means μ i between sexes

1-way ANOVA (on log-transformed move length)

F 1;240 = 0.58

0.449

[53] (pp. 272–320)

Test 3

Equality of variances σ2 i between sexes

Bartlett (on log-transformed move length)

χ12 = 2.11

0.146

[53] (pp. 396–401)

  1. * Original and complementary references can be found there.