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- CAIC - Comparative Analysis via Independent Constrasts. Software for Macintosh implementing the independent constrasts method for phylogenetically correct comparative methods.
- Indo-European and the Comparative Method - Everything you ever wanted to know about Proto-Indo-European (and the comparative method), but were afraid to ask.
- MacroCAIC - MacroCAIC is a CAIC derivative for testing correlates of species richness using comparative tests.
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy-Sets Resource Site - Academic resources for researchers and practitioners of comparative methods and Small N analysis. Includes QDA download, extensive bibliographic databases, and a list of Small N practitioners.
- Islamic Legal Studies Program - Dedicated to achieving excellence in the study of Islamic law through objective and comparative methods, and promoting a deep appreciation of Islamic law as one of the world's major legal systems.
- Tracking Linguistic Drift: The Comparative Method - Lecture notes.
- Fiona Jordan - University College London PhD student interested in cultural evolution and diversity in the Pacific, especially the Austronesian world. Uses phylogenetic comparative methods to understand and examine cultural change and adaptation.
- Energy Storage - Covers "Why is energy storage important"? Compares methods of storage. Links to details.
Wikipedia Articles
- Comparative government - Comparative government or comparative politics is a method in political science for obtaining evidence of causal effects by comparing the varying forms of government in the world, and the states they govern, although governments across different periods of history may also be the units of comparison. There are several methods at ...
- Comparative neuropsychology - Comparative Neuropsychology refers to an approach used for understanding human brain functions. It involves the direct evaluation of clinical neurological populations by employing experimental methods originally developed for use with nonhuman animals.
- Comparative phylogenetics - Phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) use information on the evolutionary relationships of organisms (phylogenetic trees) to analyze the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Biodiversity is most commonly discussed in terms of the number of species, but it can also be phrased in terms of the amount of "morphospace" that a given ...
- Oskar Heinroth - Oskar Heinroth (1st March 1871 – 31st May 1945) was a German biologist who was one of the first to apply the methods of comparative morphology to animal behaviour, and was thus one of the founders of ethology. His extensive studies of behaviour in the Anatidae (ducks and geese) showed that instinctive behaviour patterns correlated with taxonomic relationships determined on the basis of morphological features.
- Missiology - Missiology, or mission science, is the area of practical theology which investigates the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary. Missiology is a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural reflexion on all aspects of the propagation of the Christian faith, embracing theology, anthropology, history, geography, theories and methods of communication, comparative religion, Christian apologetics, methodology, and interdenominational relations.