I've heard from a couple of people who are having difficulty getting started on Problem #2. Here's the hint I gave them, and I thought I'd pass it along to everyone.
To answer the second question you're going to need to think of a way to compare fitnesses. You don't have to use WinBUGS to answer that question. You could do a chi-squared contingency test, rather than using WinBUGS. But to get full credit for your answer on this question, you'll need to do one or the other.
- Remember the kind of selection we've been focusing on, namely viability selection.
- Remember the definition of viability selection, namely the probability of zygote to adult.
- Remember the assumptions in the problem statement, namely that 90%
of those diagnosed with severe malaria dia and that anyone who is going
to get severe malaria gets it before they have a chance to reproduce.
To answer the second question you're going to need to think of a way to compare fitnesses. You don't have to use WinBUGS to answer that question. You could do a chi-squared contingency test, rather than using WinBUGS. But to get full credit for your answer on this question, you'll need to do one or the other.
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