Exploratory data analysis with R
Applied Biological Data Analysis
Preface
Statistics in Modern Biology
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Statistics in biology
Introduction to R
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Introduction to R
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R data types and objects
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Data import and export
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Data manipulation with R
Exploratory data analysis with R
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Basic descriptive statistics
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Summarizing biological data
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Visualizing biological data
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Probability distributions for biologists
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Comparing data to distributions
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Data transformation and rescaling
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Common problems in biological data
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Planning your data analysis
Introductory statistics with R
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Introductory statistics with R
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Tests for differences in mean or location
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Tests for continous patterns
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Tests for contingency
Generalized linear models (GLM)
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Introduction to generalized linear models (GLM)
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GLM for continuous response data
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GLM for count data
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GLM for categorical and proportional responses
Extensions of GLMs: nonlinear and mixed models
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Nonlinear methods for biology
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Random effects and mixed models
Multivariate data analysis
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Introduction to multivariate data and data analysis
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Dissimilarity and distance
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Clustering for biologists
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Ordination
Alternatives to *p*-values: information-theoretic and Bayesian methods
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Multivariate hypothesis testing
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Information theoretic model-based inference
Bonus material
30
Introduction to Bayesian inference for biologists
31
Advanced R graphics
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Classification and regression trees
Appendices
A
Appendix A
Exploratory data analysis with R
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s not a normal distribution.
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Data manipulation with R
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Basic descriptive statistics