Dear colleagues, The early registration with reduced fee has been extended for the following courses: - "A FRIENDLY INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS", November 18-19, 2013. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/intro-ecol-statistics/ - "A TOOLKIT OF ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS", November 20-22. More info: http://www.transmittingscience.org/courses/stats/ecological-data-analysis/
Data analysis is not only about statistical testing of hypotheses, but also (and more interestingly) about visualization of large and complex data sets. In spite of their complicated names, most of the modern data analysis methods are easy to understand and produce graphical results. They are designed to help address questions such as geographical distribution of communities, interactions between communities and their physical environment, ecological change through time in response to sudden or gradual environmental change (pollution, climate), and patterns of diversity. We will give a practical introduction to multivariate community analysis, spatial and time series analysis as applied to ecological, environmental and geological data. We will use the free software Past, but the same methods are found in other software. We will use the free and friendly Past software (written by the lecturer), but the methods are equally relevant for users of other programs. We will discuss not only the practicalities of statistics, but also the limitations of statistical testing, demonstrated by example. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data sets! Instructor: Øyvind Hammer (University of Oslo, Norway) Place: Els Hostalets de Pierola, Barcelona (Spain). Organized by: Transmitting Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Centre de Restauració i Interpretació Paleontologica. With best regards Soledad De Esteban Trivigno
