Hi Bianca This is a more general discussion of changing a lab's programming language, but some of the ideas might translate. It's about a shift from matlab to python, but it's a similar shift.
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(19)30021-X *Sarah M Brown, PhD* sarahmbrown.org Data Sciences Postdoctoral Research Associate Brown University On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:10 AM Jarrett Byrnes <[email protected]> wrote: > You’re happy to pilfer/take a gander at these two courses if they are at > all useful. A hair different than the course linked below: > > https://biol607.github.io/ > https://biol355.github.io/index.html > > I’m happy to talk offline about this as well - it’s a topic that is > definitely in the air! > > I’d also HIGHLY recommend skimming this list - > https://github.com/rstudio-education/rstats-ed > > -Jarrett > On Mar 7, 2019, 8:05 AM -0500, Bianca Peterson < > [email protected]>, wrote: > > Good day everyone, > > Some of my colleagues are planning to develop a Biostatistics course to > bridge the gap between undergraduate and postgraduate students. They are > planning to develop their material on using SPSS, and I am trying to > convince them to rather use R/RStudio. They are reluctant to switch, > because (1) they have been using SPSS quite some time, (2) SPSS is "easier" > than R, and (3) they don't seem to think that funding might become a > problem in future. > > I came across the "Data Carpentry for Biologists" material in the discuss > list http://datacarpentry.org/semester-biology/ > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdatacarpentry.org%2Fsemester-biology%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjarrett.byrnes%40umb.edu%7C0a384fb654544136fead08d6a2fd8f4c%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636875607253726565&sdata=EyjptkQXqupZP7kuSsk0ktRm1J7hE0L3YhIPwVbR3No%3D&reserved=0> > and I'm looking for something similar specifically for > Biostatistics/Biomedical statistics. > > Any resources or referrals will be greatly appreciated! > > Kind regards, > Bianca > > Bianca Peterson, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences (Genetics) > Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Pharmaceutics > Potchefstroom Campus > North-West University > South Africa > 2531 > > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBinxiePeterson%3Flang%3Den&data=02%7C01%7Cjarrett.byrnes%40umb.edu%7C0a384fb654544136fead08d6a2fd8f4c%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636875607253736597&sdata=bb2bzjBwEufN7kP6sz1RRHgkFkIIuNM3uJF9F7DPIe4%3D&reserved=0> > [image: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-peterson-007b5b117/] > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fbianca-peterson-007b5b117%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cjarrett.byrnes%40umb.edu%7C0a384fb654544136fead08d6a2fd8f4c%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636875607253736597&sdata=DEuo9oz8DhcGABkrHGyq42qwIYOtSrneeAiixhrxaYg%3D&reserved=0> > [image: https://github.com/BinxiePeterson] > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FBinxiePeterson&data=02%7C01%7Cjarrett.byrnes%40umb.edu%7C0a384fb654544136fead08d6a2fd8f4c%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636875607253746579&sdata=NTbqiKzDc2zgcwygl9H9a2kpW9LeVsfFiVmZ3L9A2iE%3D&reserved=0> > > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8a303c4281faef2f-M1bc3e5a38a93e43d731c53d3> > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8a303c4281faef2f-M9c38746bc1154b8d1e2b8303 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
