Free Introductory R Course Taught Over the Web

The course is designed for natural resource managers and is open to all 
who are interested without charge. Audio of the presentations is available 
either using your computer speakers and optional microphone or headset or 
by calling a phone bridge long distance. Live video of the presenter's 
computer screen is available over the web. You can also share your 
computer's screen with other participants when asking a question or making 
a point. An audio and video recording of the presentations and discussion 
will be available on our FTP site after the presentations.  There are no 
specific prerequisites but some knowledge of statistics would be helpful. 
A basic knowledge of computers and the internet will be assumed. 

Please forward this notice to those who may be interested.

The course will start Monday, November 9.  There will be presentations on 
Mondays and Wednesdays, and a lab on Tuesdays for two hours.  The times 
will be: Hawaii 9:00-11:00, Alaska 10:00-12:00, Pacific 11:00-1:00, 
Mountain 12:00-2:00, Central 1:00-3:00, Eastern 2:00-4:00, UTC 7:00-9:00. 
The course will continue until we finish the outline: 2-3 weeks if you 
only continue through the GUI interface (menu) portion, perhaps 6-8 weeks 
including more advanced statistical analyses. 

Links:
You can register at 
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/brdscience/courseRegister.aspx
The course website: http://www.fort.usgs.gov/brdscience/learnR.htm
Last year's course website: 
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/brdscience/learnR08.htm

The course is presented by the US Geological Survey, Status and Trends 
Program (Paul Geissler, Paul_Geissler@usgs.gov) and the National Park 
Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program (Tom Philippi, 
Tom_Philippi@nps.gov).  Please contact us for more information.  Comments 
and suggestions will be very welcome. 

Cheers,
Paul
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Paul H. Geissler, Ph.D.
USGS Status & Trends of Biological Resources Program
Coordinator, National Park Monitoring Project
Assistant Program Coordinator
USGS Fort Collins Science Center
2150 Centre Ave., Building C
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118
970-226-9482, FAX 970-226-9452
Paul_Geissler@usgs.gov (please do NOT send e-mail to Paul E. Geissler 
PGeissler@usgs.gov)

It is easy to lie with statistics.
It is hard to tell the truth without statistics.
Andrejs Dunkels, quoted by Maindonald & Braun
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