What do we do?
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.

Who is a part of BGSA?

All graduate students in the Biology department of McGill University are members of the BGSA.
Graduate Contact List

Click HERE to read our constitution!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

R/Statistics Workshop Series Starts Next Monday!

BGSA R/Statistics Workshop Series Starts Monday February 6.

We are excited to announced the start of the BGSA organized R/Statistics workshop Winter series! The workshops provide an excellent opportunity for graduate students to surmount the seemingly steep R learning curve and advance their statistical skills.

The Winter series, facilitated by invited graduate students and faculty, begins Monday, February 6th 14h-16h in N4/17. It will continue weekly over ten sessions and tentatively cover the following topics:
  • Programming in R
  • Linear, generalized and additive mixed-effects models
  • Path analysis, structural equations and causal inference (invited speaker: Bill Shipley)
  • Likelihood estimation
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Time series analysis
  • Spatial statistics

For more information, complete schedule, and workshop descriptions see:
https://sites.google.com/site/mcgillbgsa/workshops

The workshops are free to attend, but space may be limited so students are encouraged to register at:
https://sites.google.com/site/mcgillbgsa/register


Corey, Zofia, Étienne and Eric
BGSA R/Statistics Workshop Series Organizers

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