Applying a quantitative genetics framework to behavioural syndrome research

Applying a quantitative genetics framework to behavioural syndrome research.

Current interest in behavioural syndromes, or 'animal personalities', reinforces a need for behavioural ecologists to adopt a multivariate view of phenotypes. Fortunately, many of the methodological and theoretical issues currently being dealt with by behavioural ecologists within the context of behavioural syndromes have previously been investigated by researchers in other areas of evolutionar...

A Bayesian framework for comparative quantitative genetics.

Bayesian approaches have been extensively used in animal breeding sciences, but similar approaches in the context of evolutionary quantitative genetics have been rare. We compared the performance of Bayesian and frequentist approaches in estimation of quantitative genetic parameters (viz. matrices of additive and dominance variances) in datasets typical of evolutionary studies and traits differ...

Applying configurational analysis to IS behavioural research: a methodological alternative for modelling combinatorial complexities

An important limitation of regression-based analysis stems from the assumption of symmetric relationships between variables, which is often violated. To overcome this limitation within IS research, we propose the use of the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (FsQCA) method. The paper elaborates on the rationale for applying this approach to IS behavioural research and how to tailor FsQC...

Applying behavioural insights to charitable giving

The trials in this paper have been devised, led and delivered by Michael Sanders, a member of the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), and a former BIT Research Fellow from the University of Bristol. We would like to thank those organisations who have partnered with us in the production of this report. In particular, we would like to thank the Charities Aid Foundation, which has supported the resea...

Applying Behavioural Economics to International Development Policy