Dear colleagues,
Registration is open for the workshop "R Without Fear: Applied R for Biologists – 2ndedition", 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
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP)
Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona). Spain
www.icp.cat
