Phylogenetic comparative methods allow for the study of trait evolution between species by accounting for their shared evolutionary history. These methods usually assume that species relationships can ...

SOME ten years ago, I made bold to publish a plea for the formation of a Society of Comparative Literature ; and to call attention to the fact that the work which such a society might perform had not ...

Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy. At the beginning of a comparative enquiry, one of the main tasks for a researcher is the choice of methodologies.

Assessing complex skills in educational domains such as writing, designing, problem solving or art is a challenge. The method of comparative judgement is considered to be a valid and reliable ...