# 6 Evaluating the performance of inferences for Isolation by distance

Genepop can analyze multiple files, using the settings settings

     GenepopRootFile=file                   <-- or GenepopRootFileName...
     JobMin=1
     JobMax=100

This will perform analysis of data in files `file`1 to `file`100. Default values of these three settings are `GP`, 1, and 1. Users need to assemble results from the multiple output files. A more integrated output is provided for analyses of isolation by distance. For the regression estimators of \(D\sigma^2\) (menu options 6.5 and 6.6), the `result.CI` file will contain a table of point estimates, bootstrap confidence intervals, and (if requested using the `testPoint` setting) the bootstrap P-value for a given tested neighborhood value. including the performance of the bootstrap confidence intervals.

The `Performance=`value setting provides a convenient (if somewhat ad hoc) shortcut for selecting the following analyses:

analysis | value
--- | ---
\(\hat{a}\), 1-dim. | `aLinear` or equivalently `a1D`
\(\hat{e}\), 2-dim. | `aPlanar` or `a2D`
\(\hat{a}\), 1-dim. | `eLinear` or `e1D`
\(\hat{e}\), 2-dim. | `ePlanar` or `e2D`
\(F/(1-F)\), 1-dim. | `FLinear` or `F2D`
\(F/(1-F)\), 2-dim. | `FPlanar` or `F2D`

`Performance` sets Genepop in batch mode. Then, the `GenepopRootFile`, `JobMin`, and `JobMax` values must be given in the settings file. Alternatively, these values can be given interactively if the `Ask` or `Default` mode has been specified after the `Performance` setting, in which case Genepop will carry all further computations in `Default` mode.