General Information

Statistical Inference for Biology will follow Irizarry & Love's Data Analysis for the Life Sciences. It will introduce the statistical concepts essential to understanding p-values and confidence intervals. Lecture and demonstration in concepts will precede guided hands-on practice and coaching for skills development so that participants can perform statistical analysis with good understanding. At the end of the series, participants will be able to:

1. Define a population, sample, estimate, and parameter
2. Describe null and normal distributions
3. Explain why confidence intervals, not p-values, better reflect statistical significance
4. Calculate power
5. Perform permutation and association tests

The course will meet weekly on Tuesdays from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm on March 10th, 17th and 24th in Bar Harbor. Participants must attend in person. Remote attendance from desks, home, or away will not be supported. This course is open to Jackson Laboratory Employees as well as those from neighboring institutions.

Prerequisite: Competence with the R programming language.

Who: The course is aimed at graduate students and other researchers who would like to learn more about statistics.

Where: Breezeway Bioinformatics Training Room, bldg 1, unit 5, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.

When: Mar 10, 17 & 24, 2020. Add to your Google Calendar.

Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.). They should have a few specific software packages installed (listed below).

Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:

• The room is wheelchair / scooter accessible.
• Accessible restrooms are available.

Materials will be provided in advance of the workshop and large-print handouts are available if needed by notifying the organizers in advance. If we can help making learning easier for you (e.g. sign-language interpreters, lactation facilities) please get in touch (using contact details below) and we will attempt to provide them.

Contact: Please email susan.mcclatchy@jax.org for more information.

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Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct.

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Collaborative Notes

We will use this collaborative document for chatting, taking notes, and sharing URLs and bits of code.

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Surveys

Please be sure to complete this survey after the workshop.

Post-workshop Survey

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Schedule

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Syllabus

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Setup

To participate in a workshop, you will need access to the software described below. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.

We maintain a list of common issues that occur during installation as a reference for instructors that may be useful on the Configuration Problems and Solutions wiki page.