"Advancing in Statistical Modelling using R"] Delivered by Dr. Luc Bussiere and Dr. Tom Houslay http://prstatistics.com/course/advancing-in-statistical-modelling-using-r-advr/ This course will run from 2nd – 6th May 2016 at Malhamtarn Field Station, North Yorkshire, England This is an introduction to model selection and simplification, mixed effects models, generalised linear models and non-linear models. 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 Day 1 Course introduction • Techniques for data manipulation, aggregation, and visualisation; introduction to linear regression. Packages: {tidyr}, {dplyr}, {ggplot2} Day 2 Linear models • Diagnostics, collinearity, scaling, plotting fitted values); fitting and interpreting interaction terms; model selection and simplification; general linear models and ANCOVA. • Packages: {stats}, {car} Day 3 Generalized linear models • Logistic and Poisson regression; predicting using model objects and visualizing model fits. • Packages: {broom}, {visreg}, {ggplot2} Day 4 Mixed effects models • Theory and practice of mixed effect models; visualising fixed and random effects. • Packages: {lme4}, {broom}, {ggplot2}, {sjPlot} Day 5 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}. • Afternoon to discuss own data if time permits Please email any inquiries to [log in to unmask] or visit our website www.prstatistics.com Please feel free to distribute this material anywhere you feel is suitable Upcoming courses - email for details [log in to unmask] SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGIC AL DATA USING R (APRIL) TIMES SERIES DATA ANALYSIS FOR ECOLOGISTS AND CLIMATOLOGISTS (May) INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR BIOLOGISTS (May) ADVANCES IN DNA TAXONOMY USING R (August) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (August) INTRODUCTION TO BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODELLING (August) MODEL BASED MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGICAL DATA USING R (October) LANDSCAPE (POPULATION) GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R (October) APPLIED BAYESIAN MODELLING FOR ECOLOGISTS AND EPIDEMIOLOGISTS (October) Dates still to be confirmed - email for details [log in to unmask] STABLE ISOTOPE MIXING MODELS USING SIAR, SIBER AND MIXSIAR USING R INTRODUCTION TO R AND STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGISTS PHYLOGENETIC DATA ANALYSIS USING R BIONFROMATICS FOR GENETICISTS AND BIOLOGISTS Oliver Hooker PR Statistics