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Advanced R Workshop - May 5 and 6, 2011We are pleased to announce the workshop "Advanced Statistical Modeling Using the Statistical Software Package R" on May 5 and 6, 2011. On both days, the workshop will take place between 8:30am and 4:30pm at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C. (This workshop is not affiliated with BCIT.) What is R?R is a free, powerful, open source software package with extensive statistical computing and graphics capabilities, which can be used to explore and analyze data. R shares many of its strong points with its commercial competitor S-PLUS. In addition to providing a comprehensive suite of conventional statistical tools, R has many freely available add-in packages which can be used to carry out more specialized statistical tasks. More information on R can be found on the website www.r-project.org. Workshop DescriptionDay 1 on May 5th focuses on the use of R for linear regression modeling. You will learn appropriate R commands for building simple and multiple linear regression models and performing estimation and prediction on the basis of these models. By the end of Day 1 you will master the commands needed to perform simple and multiple linear regression analyses in R and be able to interpret the resultant R output. Day 2 on May 6th is more advanced and deals with the use of R for building a range of advanced statistical models, including generalized linear models, generalized additive models, mixed effects models, ANOVA models, time series models and multivariate data models. You will learn appropriate commands for model selection, model fitting, model validation and model inference in various settings and become familiar with the interpretation of the corresponding R output. By the end of Day 2 you will be able to use R to solve a variety of advanced statistical modeling problems. You can choose to attend both days or either day. Benefits to ParticipantsAfter Day 1, you will be able to:
After Day 2, you will be able to:
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Workshop FormatThis workshop is limited to 20 participants and consists of a series of short lectures and demonstrations followed by hands-on, interactive sessions for the participants. Each participant is provided with:
Workshop LeaderThe workshop is led by Dr. Isabella Ghement. Isabella obtained her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2005. Isabella has presented sold-out workshops on the statistical software package R to graduate students, researchers and others involved in cancer research, environmental and ecological research, biostatistics and bioinformatics. She also lectures part-time on basic and advanced statistics at the Sauder School of Business, UBC and is actively engaged in statistical consulting. Isabella has co-authored the publications "Seasonal Confounding and Residual Correlation in Analyses of Health Effects of Air Pollution" (Environmetrics, Vol. 18, Issue 4, June 2007, 375-394) and "Robust estimation of error scale in nonparametric regression models" (Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 138, Issue 10, October 2008, 3200-3216) and "Incorporating multiple interventions in meta-analysis: an evaluation of the mixed treatment comparison with the adjusted indirect comparison" (Trials, 2009 Sep. 21, 10:86). Prerequisites
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Day 2 Participants should bring a laptop computer pre-installed with the free R software. Detailed instructions for downloading and installing R are available on our website at www.ghement.ca/Rinstructions.html. Location Downtown Vancouver at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Building, 555 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.
Dates and TimesDates: May 5 and 6, 2011. Registration: On both days, workshop registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Times: The workshop starts at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. on each day. CostThe attendance fee for each day of the workshop is $195.00 plus HST per participant and includes a bound copy of the Workshop Notes, a CD-ROM containing all workshop examples and exercises, a variety of handouts and 30 days of free workshop-related technical support following the workshop. The attendance fee also includes morning and afternoon coffee, tea and snacks. If you would like us to provide a computer for you to use during the workshop please add $100.00 plus HST per participant per day. Discounts
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Registration FormPlease click here to download the registration form. For additional attendees, please duplicate the registration form.
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