• What is the link between prediction and scientific understanding?
  • What are three reasons why ecologists don’t test predictions more often?
    • Which of these do you think is most important?
  • Why don’t ecology’s traditional model selection approaches work well for prediction?
    • What does this have to do with the bias-variance trade-off?
  • Page 6 lists 7 types of science that fit into a predictive framework. Does your research include any of these? Which ones?