"Advancing in statistical modelling for evolutionary biologists and
ecologists using R"
Delivered by Dr. Luc Bussiere and Dr. Tom Houslay
www.prstatistics.com/course/advancing-statistical-modelling-using-r-advr07/
This course will run from 4th – 8th December 2017 at Margam Discovery
Centre, Wales
The course is aimed at biologists with a basic to moderate knowledge in R.
The course content is designed to bridge the gap between basic R coding and
more advanced statistical modelling. This five day course will consist of
series of modules, each lasting roughly half a day and comprised of
lectures and practicals designed to either build required skills for future
modules or to perform a family of analyses that is frequently encountered
in the biological literature.
Course content is as follows
Monday 4th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Course introduction; techniques for data manipulation, aggregation, and
visualisation; introduction to linear regression.
Packages: {tidyr}, {dplyr}, {ggplot2}
Tuesday 5th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Linear models (diagnostics, collinearity, scaling, plotting fitted values);
fitting and interpreting interaction terms; model selection and
simplication; general linear models and ANCOVA.
Packages: {stats}, {car}
Wednesday 6th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Generalized linear models (logistic and Poisson regression); predicting
using model objects and visualizing model fits.
Packages: {broom}, {visreg}, {ggplot2}
Thursday 7th – Classes from 09:00 to 17:00
Mixed effects models in theory and practice; visualising fixed and random
effects.
Packages: {lme4}, {broom}, {ggplot2}, {sjPlot}
Friday 8th – Classes from 09:00 to 16:00
Fitting nonlinear functions (polynomial & mechanistic models); brief
introduction to more advanced topics & combining methods (e.g., generalised
linear mixed effects, nonlinear mixed effects, and zero-inflated and zero-
altered models).
Packages: {nlsTools}
Please email any inquiries to [email protected] or visit our
website www.prstatistics.com
Please feel free to distribute this material anywhere you feel is suitable
Our other courses- email [email protected] for details
1. 1. ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R #ENMR
16th – 20th October 2017, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r-
enmr01/
2. INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS USING LINUX #IBUL
16th – 20th October, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Martin Jones
https://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-bioinformatics-using-
linux-ibul02/
3. REPRODUCIBLE DATA SCIENCE FOR POPULATION GENETICS #RDPG
23rd – 27th October 2017, Wales, Dr. Thibaut Jombart, Zhian Kavar
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/reproducible-data-science-for-
population-genetics-rdpg01/
4. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EVOLUTIONARY
BIOLOGISTS USING R #SEMR
23rd – 27th October 2017, Wales, Prof Jarrett Byrnes, Dr. Jon Lefcheck
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/structural-equation-modelling-for-
ecologists-and-evolutionary-biologists-semr01/
5. LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R #LNDG
6th – 10th November 2017, Wales, Prof. Rodney Dyer
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/landscape-genetic-data-analysis-using-r-
lndg02/
6. APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS #ABME
20th - 25th November 2017, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Matt Denwood
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/applied-bayesian-modelling-ecologists-
epidemiologists-abme03/
7. INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS #IPYB
27th Nov – 1st Dec, Wales, Dr. Martin Jones
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/introduction-to-python-for-biologists-
ipyb04/
8. ADVANCING IN STATISTICAL MODELLING USING R #ADVR
4th - 8th December 2017, Wales, Dr. Luc Bussiere, Dr. Tom Houslay, Dr. Ane
Timenes Laugen,
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/advancing-statistical-modelling-using-r-
advr07/
9. INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING #IBHM
29th Jan – 2nd Feb 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Andrew Parnell
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-bayesian-hierarchical-
modelling-using-r-ibhm02/
10. PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R #PHYL
28th Jan – Feb 2nd 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Emmanuel Paradis
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-phylogenetic-analysis-
with-r-phyg-phyl02/
11. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY #MOVE
19th – 23rd February 2018, Wales, Dr Luca Borger, Dr Ronny Wilson, Dr
Jonathan Potts
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/movement-ecology-move01/
12. GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS USING R #GMMR
19th – 23rd February 2018, Wales, Prof. Dean Adams, Prof. Michael Collyer,
Dr. Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/geometric-morphometrics-using-r-gmmr01/
13. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY FROM ORGANISM TO ECOSYSTEM: THEORY AND
COMPUTATION #FEER
5th – 9th March 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Francesco de Bello, Dr. Lars
Götzenberger, Dr. Carlos Carmona
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/functional-ecology-from-organism-to-
ecosystem-theory-and-computation-feer01/
14. SPATIAL PRIORITIZATION USING MARXAN #MRXN
5th - 9th March 2018, Wales, Jennifer McGowan
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-marxan-mrxn01/
15. ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING USING R #ENMR
12th - 16th March 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Neftali Sillero
http://www.prstatistics.com/course/ecological-niche-modelling-using-r-
enmr02/
16. BEHAVIOURAL DATA ANALYSIS USING MAXIMUM LIKLIHOOD IN R #BDML
19th – 23rd March 2018, Scotland, Dr William Hoppitt
COMING SOON www.PSstatistics.com
17. NETWORK ANAYLSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS USING R #NTWA
9th – 13th April 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Marco Scotti
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/network-analysis-ecologists-ntwa02/
18. INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL MODELLING FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS USING R
#IPSY
16th – 20th April 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Dale Barr, Dr Luc Bussierre
COMING SOON www.PSstatistics.com
19. MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES USING THE VEGAN
PACKAGE #VGNR
23rd – 27th April 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Peter Solymos, Dr. Guillaume
Blanchet
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/multivariate-analysis-of-ecological-
communities-in-r-with-the-vegan-package-vgnr01/
20. QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHIC ECOLOGY: MODELING GENOMES, NICHES, AND
COMMUNITIES #QGER
30th April – 4th May 2018, SCENE, Scotland, Dr. Dan Warren, Dr. Matt
Fitzpatrick
COMING SOON www.PRstatistics.com
21. INTRODUCTION TO MIXED MODELS FOR ECOLOGISTS #IMMR
14th - 18th May 2018, CANADA (QUEBEC) STILL to be confirmed, Prof Subhash
Lele, Dr. Guillaume Blanchet
22. STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR #SIMM
28th May – 1st June 2018, CANADA (QUEBEC) STILL to be confirmed Dr. Andrew
Parnell, Dr. Andrew Jackson
23. SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTISTS USING R #SNAR
2nd - 5th12th July 2018, Prof James Curley
COMING SOON www.PSstatistics.com
24. MODEL BASE MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ABUNDANCE DATA USING R #MBMV
8th – 12th July 2018, Prof David Warton
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/model-base-multivariate-analysis-of-
abundance-data-using-r-mbmv02/
25. EUKARYOTIC METABARCODING
23rd – 27th July 2018, Wales, Dr. Owen Wangensteen
http://www.prinformatics.com/course/eukaryotic-metabarcoding-eukb01/
26. ADVANCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL ECOLOGICAL DATA USING
R #MVSP
Prof. Pierre Legendre, Dr. Olivier Gauthier - Date
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Oliver Hooker PhD.
PR statistics
2017 publications -
Ecosystem size predicts eco-morphological variability in post-glacial
diversification. Ecology and Evolution. In press.
The physiological costs of prey switching reinforce foraging
specialization. Journal of animal ecology.
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