Dear colleagues, Registration is open for the workshop "R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists – 2nd edition", September 19th-23rd, 2016.
Instructor: Dr. Jordi Moya-Laraño (Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas - CSIC, Spain). PLACE: Premises of Sabadell of the Institut Catalá de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona, Spain). WEBPAGE: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/applied-r-for-bio/ PROGRAM: Introduction to R and its working environment • Types of variables in R • Vectors, matrices and data frames • Self-made functions • Working with loops and conditional statements • How to merge data tables • Search and substitute of data values within tables • Complex summaries of data tables Statistical analyses with some theoretical refreshing • Statistical populations and samples through example • Measures of central tendency and variability • Precision, accuracy and bias • Hypothesis testing: falsability, Type-I and Type-II errors and statistical power • Correlation and simple linear regression • P-value vs effect magnitude • Linear models: residuals, assumptions and interpretation • Explained and unexplained variance in a linear model (coefficient of determination) • Introduction to R graphics with statistical examples • The concept of partial effect: partial regression and correlation • Additive vs. multiplicative effects: disentangling the effect of interactions • General and Generalized Linear Models • Choosing the “best” models via AIC With best regards Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, PhD. Scientific Director Transmitting Science www.transmittingscience.org