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Dr.
David Hyrenbach
CTSA #1
Oceanic
Institute
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Office
Hours:
Tu
& Th; 10:45 - 12:00 (HLC, AC 249)
M
& F; 11:15 - 12:00 (HLC, AC 249)
or
by appointment at CTSA #1, OI
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We will use two texts:
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Discovering Statistics Using R, 2012,
Andy Field, Jeremy Miles and Zoe Field. Sage Publications,
Thousand Oaks (USA)
ISBN: 9781446200469
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A Primer of Ecological Statistics, 2004,
Nicholas Gotelli and Aaron Ellison, Sinauer Associates Inc.,
Sunderland
ISBN: 0878932690
(On
Reserve, Atherton Library)
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The
PDFs posted on this page are for class use only.
Please do not distribute.
Week
1
- Course
Introduction
and Foundations
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Task
for this Week: Review The Scientific Method
Lecture
1: Tuesday Aug. 29
Introduction
- Three Statistical Frameworks
Assigned
Reading:
Platt J.R. (1964)
Strong inference. Science, 146: 347-353 |
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Assigned Reading:
Quinn J.F., & Dunham A.E. (1983)
On hypothesis testing in ecology and
evolution. The American Naturalist, 122(5): 602-617 |
(PDF,
2 Mb)
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Extra Reading:
O'Donohue, W., & Buchanan, J.A.
(2001)
The weaknesses of strong inference.
Behavior & Philosophy, 29: 1-20 |
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Week
2
- Simple and Conditional Probability
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Task
for this Week: Review Simple and Conditional Probability
Assigned Reading:
Diamond, J. (1988).
Why cats have nine lives.
Nature 332 (6165): 586587. |
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Extra
Reading:
Lewison, R.L., Soykan, C.U.,
& Franklin J. (2009).
Mapping the bycatch seascape: multispecies
and
multi-scale spatial patterns of fisheries
bycatch.
Ecological Applications 19(4): 920930. |
(543
Kb)
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Lecture
4: Thursday Sept. 7
Conditional
Probability (and Bayesian Statistics)
Assigned Reading:
Silver, N. (2012). Less and less and less wrong. Pp. 232 - 261.
In: The Signal and the Noise. Penguin Press, New York. |
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Assigned Reading:
Marcus, G., & Davis,
E. (2013) What Nate Silver Gets Wrong.
The New Yorker. |
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Extra
Reading:
Is God Bayesian ? Unwim VS. Wiggins |
(88
Kb)
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Week
3
- Statistical Inference
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Task
for this Week: Making Statistical Predictions
Lecture
5: Tuesday Sept. 12
Extra
Reading:
Fairfield-Walsh, C. Garrison, L. 2007. Estimated Bycatch of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the U.S. Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fleet During 2006. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NMFS-SEFSC-560: 54 p. |
(883
Kb)
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Lecture
6: Thursday Sept. 14
QUIZ#1
(Sampling and Probability)
Assigned Reading:
Silver, N. (2012). How to drown in 3 feet of water. Pp. 176 - 203.
In: The Signal and the Noise. Penguin Press, New York. |
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Week
4
- R &
Probability
Distributions
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Task
for this Week: Working with Probability Distributions
Lecture
8: Thursday Sept.
21
QUIZ#2
(Estimation: Central
Tendency / Variability)
Estimation
and Statistical
Modelling
Assigned
Reading:
Silver,
N. (2012).
Desperately
Seeking
Signal.
Pp. 142
- 175.
In:
The Signal
and the
Noise. Penguin
Press, New
York.
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Week
5
- Parametric Assumptions |
Task
for this Week: Assumptions and Data Transformations
Week
6
- Assessing Normality
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Task
for this Week: Assessing Data Normality
Lecture
11:
Tuesday
Oct.
3
Data
Transformations
RExam
Dataset
Lecture
12:
Thursday
Oct.
5
QUIZ#4
(Assessing
Normality:
Assumptions
&
Approaches)
Dealing
with
the
lack
of
Normality
-
Theory
&
Practice
Week
7
- Using Statistical Models to Test Hypotheses
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Task
for this Week: Start Exploring Statistical Models
Week
8
- Correlation and Regression
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Task
for this Week: Explore Correlation and Regression
Week
9
- Comparing Two (or more) Means |
Task
for this Week: Consider Multiple Variables
Week
10
- Comparing Two (or more) Means |
Task
for
this
Week:
Explore
ANOVA
Week
11
-
Multi-way
ANOVA
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Task
for
this
Week:
Continue
Exploring
ANOVA
Lecture
21:
Tuesday
Nov.
7
Lecture
22:
Thursday
Nov.
9
Multifactor
ANOVA:
Factorial
and
Nested
Designs
(Second
Part)
Week
12
-
Other
Statistical
Applications
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Task
for
this
Week:
Explore
Other
Statistical
Tests
Lecture
24:
Thursday
Nov.
16
QUIZ#8
(Analysis
of
Variance)
Contingency
Tests
CatsAndDogs
Dataset
Week
13
-
Other
Applications
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Task
for
this
Week:
Explore
Other
Statistical
Concepts
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Task
for
this
Week:
Wrap
Up
Lecture
26:
Tuesday
Nov.
28
QUIZ#9
(Contingency
Tables
and
Nonparametric
Tests)
Wrap-Up
Extra
Reading:
Dayton,
P.K.
(1998)
Reversal
of
the
burden
of
proof
in
fisheries
management.
Science
279
(5352):
821-822.
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(655
Kb)
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Extra
Reading:
Benjamin,
D.J.
et
al.
(2017)
Redefine
Statistical
Significance.
PsyArXiv,
22
July
2017.
Web.
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(7.1
Mb)
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Extra
Reading:
Unreliable
Research.
trouble
at
the
lab.
The
Economist,
October
19th,
2013
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(217
Kb)
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Thursday
Dec.
7
(9.10
-
11.35)
Submit
Take-home
Final
Take
In-Class
Final
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