[R-sig-eco] UK.AdvancingInRForEvolutionaryBiologistsAndEcologists.Dec4-8

Thu Oct 12 14:02:05 CEST 2017

An essential #Rstats course for everyone - learn how to do things the 
right way #codehusbandry

"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 oliverhooker at prstatistics.com or visit our 
website www.prstatistics.com

Please feel free to distribute this material anywhere you feel is 
suitable

Other up-coming courses

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 and location to be 
confirmed

-- 
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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