Universiteit Gent (Ghent University)General information
The Mares Conference 2016 will commence with two days of MARES Consortium / EuroMarine Network high level training workshops on the 1st and 2nd February 2016 aimed at students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and researchers. Two training workshop packages will be offered: the ‘Effective Outreach Workshop’ or ‘Research Tools Workshop’. This workshop is part of the Research Tools Workshop.
Workshop: aRe you Ready foR R?
Background: R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques.
Methodology: We will start with basic R. Installation and management of packages. Review of elements of the language. Basic plotting functions and parameters.
The focus of this workshop will be on giving the participants practical experience with the software. Course material will be provided during a practical sessions. This course does not intend to be a full introduction to statistics. The objective is to demonstrate the power of open source statistical software, providing hands-on experience and enabling participants to understand and use the software on their own problems.
R in a nutshell.
Content
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Venue
Olhão, Portugal
Real Marina Hotel
Av. 5 de Outubro
8700-307 Olhão
Portugal
Application
Click here to apply: http://www.maresconference.eu/training
Cost:
<p>50€</p>
Prerequisites:
Participants should attend with their own PC and have the last version of R installed https://www.cran.r-project.org/). It is also recommended to install Rstudio (https://www.rstudio.com/). No previous experience with the software is required.
Application Procedure:
Registration for the training workshops is open to all and is separate from the MARES conference registration.
Qualification
The Mares Conference 2016 will commence with two days of MARES Consortium / EuroMarine Network high level training workshops on the 1st and 2nd February 2016 aimed at students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral fellows and researchers. Two training workshop packages will be offered: the ‘Effective Outreach Workshop’ or ‘Research Tools Workshop’. This workshop is part of the Research Tools Workshop.
Workshop: aRe you Ready foR R?
Background: R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. R provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, …) and graphical techniques.
Methodology: We will start with basic R. Installation and management of packages. Review of elements of the language. Basic plotting functions and parameters.
Registration for the training workshops is open to all and is separate from the MARES conference registration.
The focus of this workshop will be on giving the participants practical experience with the software. Course material will be provided during a practical sessions. This course does not intend to be a full introduction to statistics. The objective is to demonstrate the power of open source statistical software, providing hands-on experience and enabling participants to understand and use the software on their own problems.
R in a nutshell.
Participants should attend with their own PC and have the last version of R installed https://www.cran.r-project.org/). It is also recommended to install Rstudio (https://www.rstudio.com/). No previous experience with the software is required.
