Introduction to R for biologists (IRFB02)
https://www.prstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-statistics-and-r-for-biologists-irfb02/
Glasgow from 29th October - 1st November 2018
Course overview:
The course will consist of a series of 8 modules each lasting roughly
half a day and designed to build required skills for subsequent modules
and more advanced courses. At its conclusion, participants will have
acquired basic skills in coding with R, and will be able to perform and
interpret simple analyses, and critically evaluate similar analyses from
the scientific literature and technical reports.
Monday 29th
1. Data visualisation using ggplot2
2. Packages, names, data types
3. Read, write, access, manipulate data
Tuesday 30th
1. Scripts and projects
2. Probability distributions, parameter estimation, confidence intervals
3. Null hypothesis testing
Wednesday 31st
1. Control statements
2. Writing R Functions
3. Simple linear regression
Thursday 1st
1. Multiple linear regression (Estimation of model parameters, Ordinary
and standardized regression coefficients, Multicollinearity, Hypothesis
testing)
2. Model and variable selection
Email oliverhoo...@prstatistics.com
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Oliver Hooker PhD.
PR statistics
2018 publications -
Alternative routes to piscivory: Contrasting growth trajectories in
brown trout (Salmo trutta) ecotypes exhibiting contrasting life history
strategies. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. DOI to follow
Phenotypic and resource use partitioning amongst sympatric lacustrine
brown trout, Salmo trutta. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
DOI 10.1093/biolinnean/bly032
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