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The Biology Graduate Students Association is the students group for all graduate students in the Biology Department at McGill University. We organize social events such as wine and cheeses and graduate student retreats, as well as educational and research events such as symposia and workshops.

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All graduate students in the Biology department of McGill University are members of the BGSA.
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Stats Workshops 2010

The BGSA is proud to bring you a series of Statistics Workshops starting this fall! Workshops will be taught by your peers (grad students and faculty), and designed to be hands-on. We will be using the R statistical software package, and as many open-source resources as we can find!

Workshops will be held Friday afternoons in the Stewart Biology computer lab (N4/17), from 2 - 4 PM (14h - 16h). Every other week in between main workshops will be informal help sessions for you to come with specific questions regarding previous topics: e.g. help applying a method to your data.

The series starts off with an ever popular introduction to R and probability, on Friday September 17 & 24, 2010. This will essentially be two topics taught concurrently over two workshops to help you get comfortable with working in R, and some elementary principles to help you perform statistical analyses in R more efficiently. No experience required.

Registering for individual workshops will guarantee that you reserve a seat in the room, but it is not required in advance. There is a registration form on the web site, and spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will remain open until the start of the workshop, so even if you didn't register ahead, you are welcome to join us, as long as there are seats available! So don't be late! We'll announce on the web site if any workshops are getting full, so you have time to get a seat for your favourite topic(s).

Computers are available in the computer lab, as long as you have a McGill ID. There are more seats than computers, however, and you are welcome to bring your own laptop to work on (laptops are also available to sign out from the library or teaching services, I think).

More information is available on the BGSA website (see the link on the sidebar to the left):

Feel free to forward this to your colleagues in other departments who may be interested.


See you in the computer lab,

Jonathan Whiteley & Neeltje Boogert
Biology Graduate Students' Association
McGill University
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