Course Introduction

Day 1

Jonas Vollhüter

Freie Universität Berlin @ Theoretical Ecology

January 15, 2024

1 Team

Selina Baldauf


Felix Nößler


Felix May


Jonas Vollhüter


2 Timetable

  • Block course: 15.01.2024 - 25.01.2024
  • Every day from 09:00 am to 15:00 (maximum)
  • Coffee break at about 10:30
  • Lunch break at about 12:00

3 Exam

  • Written report

  • Analysis of a dataset under specific questions

  • Detailed description of the analysis procedures, their results and the follow up interpretation of the obtained results – details later during the course!

  • Deadline for submission is three weeks after the end of the course.

By default, we would give a joint grade for the two people working on this task. If you wish to be graded separately, you need to (i) say this during submission and (ii) indicate VERY clearly, which parts of the code/report were written by whom –this might be a bit tricky but is essential to give fair, separate grades.

4 Literature

  • The lecture material can be found on the homepage
  • To solve some exercises, additional research on the Internet is sometimes required
  • Literature recommendations:
    • Rudolf und Kuhlisch: Biostatistik. Eine Einführung für Bio- und Umweltwissenschaftler.
    • Hatzinger et al.: R. Einführung durch angewandte Statistik.
    • Jones E., Harden S., Crawley, M. J. 2022. The R Book
    • Zuur: Beginnersguide
    • Daalgard, P. 2008. IntroductoryStatisticswithR. Springer, Dordrecht
    • Adler, J. 2010.R in a nutshell: A desktopquick reference.
    • O’ReillyMedia, Inc.Groß, J. 2010. Grundlegende Statistik mit R : Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung in die Verwendung der Statistik Software R

5 Please help us

  • The course will be held in this form for the first time this semester
  • As such, there may still be errors in the lecture materials as well as on the homepage (incorrect links, non-functioning links)
  • If you notice any mistakes or inconsistencies: Please let us know (in person during the course or by e-mail)
  • Thank you very much for your collaboration

6 Let’s do some statistic

Survey

Introduction to R