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Bio300b logistics

The who, what, where and when of Bio300b

Lecture 1: Data lifecycle

Following data from birth, trying to avoid data death in the data lifecycle.

Lecture 2: Using R

An introduction to using R.

Lecture 3: Data manipulation

Using the tidyverse to load, tidy and process data.

Lecture 4: Data visualisation

Using ggplot2 to make beautiful figures.

Lecture 5: Experimental design

Experimental design.

Lecture 6: Descriptive statistics

Descriptive statistics.

Lecture 7: Linear regression

Correlations and linear regression with continuous and categorical predictors.

Lecture 8: Multiple linear regression

For models with more than one predictor, you need multiple regression.

Lecture 9: Generalised linear models

Got Poisson or binomial data? Use Generalised linear models.

Lecture 10: Mixed effect models

Clustered data? You need to use a mixed effect model.

Lecture 11: Survival Analysis & multivariate analysis

Do you data show the time or distance until event happens? Maybe you need survival analysis.

Or if you have many response variables (such as species community data), you might use some multivariate methods. These methods are covered in more detail in Bio303 Ordination and Gradient Analysis.

Lecture 12 Non-linear analyses and course summary

If you have a non-linear relationship between your predictors and response, you might need non-linear regression