[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Course: Online.BayesianStats.Feb11-May13

[Robert Paxton]

Dear All,

Oops. Sorry for the mistake. Thank you, Antonella, for correcting me. It would be good to know if the statistical rethinking course will be offered soon.

Robert


> On 5 Nov 2024, at 18:31, Antonella Soro <antonella.soro at zoologie.uni-halle.de> wrote:
> 
> Dear Robert, dear all,
> 
> This is not the statistical rethinking course of Richard McElreath. It is another one and it is not for free.
> 
> If some of you is interested in the Statistical Rethinking course of Richard McElreath, I (or any of us, he usually responds to emails) can ask him directly about whether and when his course will start. Or do you, Hassan, know already something about it?
> 
> Have a good evening,
> 
> Antonella
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 5. Nov 2024, at 18:18, Robert Paxton <robert.paxton at zoologie.uni-halle.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> Yesterday I mentioned the course Statistical Rethinking on Bayesian stats. Below are details of the course and a link to registration. 
>> 
>> Robert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Dear evoldir community,
>>> 
>>> I am happy to announce the fourth edition of Modern Statistical Thinking
>>> for Biologists, set to run as weekly online sessions from the 11th of
>>> February till the 13th of May 2025. For registration and more information,
>>> see here:
>>> 
>>> https://www.mondegoscience.com/courses/modern-statistical-thinking-for-biologists-online-11-feb-13-may-2025
>>> 
>>> This course uses an approach that differs drastically from most
>>> introductory statistics courses. The goal is both to make learning more
>>> intuitive and to address some of the criticisms that have been raised
>>> against common statistical practices in the biological sciences (notably
>>> an over-reliance on dodgy P-values).
>>> 
>>> Unlike most introductory courses, we will put heavy focus on Bayesian
>>> modelling. This may sound very advanced but most beginners actually find
>>> this approach more intuitive than classical methods, such as P-values and
>>> confidence intervals.  Bayesian methods have become particularly common
>>> in ecology and evolutionary biology, and training in this approach is
>>> becoming more and more crucial to researchers in these fields. Don't worry
>>> - at the end of the course, we will also talk about the more classical
>>> techniques but they should be easier to learn at that point as you'll
>>> already have your Bayesian baggage.
>>> 
>>> The course will be highly interactive, with lots of group work in
>>> break-out rooms and weekly individual assignments, to which you will
>>> always receive written feedback. There are no prerequisites in terms of
>>> maths or stats skills.  Usually, there are both participants that have
>>> very little background in any kind of statistics, as well as participants
>>> that already have a fair amount of experience with classical statistics
>>> and want to learn more about Bayesian approaches. So both of these
>>> profiles are very much welcome!
>>> 
>>> Hope to see you soon at a course,
>>> 
>>> Rosina Savisaar,
>>> Mondego Science.
>>> 
>>> Rosina Savisaar <rosinasavisaar at gmail.com>
>>> 
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>>> golding at mcmaster.ca<mailto:golding at mcmaster.ca>)
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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