Stats Workshops - Winter 2011 series

The BGSA R-Stats workshops are back again for another semester!

NEW DAY: MONDAYS 2-4 pm in the Stewart Biology computer lab (N4/17)

Check the website for complete schedule.

New & Improved!

We've changed the format a little, based on all the great feedback we received in the fall.

The most important change is that we have expanded the introduction to R material into 3 FULL WORKSHOPS, in consecutive weeks at the start of the semester. These workshops are designed to get you up & running with R, at a comfortable pace without overloading you with extra material. Even if you took the intro R workshops in the fall, you are welcome to attend these re-designed workshops if you want a refresher or a boost up the learning curve.

We expect the intro workshops to be popular, so registration will be required (register on the web site).

Beginning in February, the rest of the semester will feature various Special Topics, each a self-contained introduction or overview of a specific statistical method and how to implement it in R. There will be NO registration for special topics workshops: space will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so don't be late!

Check out the stats workshops web site for full details:

http://sites.google.com/site/mcgillbgsa/

Cheers,

Jonathan Whiteley

Neeltje Boogert

Corey Chivers

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):

Temporary web site for the workshops

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