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2018-01-31 Preface.Rpres
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Preface
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author: schifferl
date: January 31, 2018
width: 1440
height: 950
McElreath, R. *Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan*. (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016).
Welcome
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*Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan*
A joint effort of [Paris Lodron University of Salzburg](https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=52) and the [City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy](http://sph.cuny.edu/).
Course will be taught by developing instructors with a focus on using the R language.
Our meetings are open to all (see details below) and our materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License.
We hope you will join our sessions!
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McElreath, R. *Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan*. (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2016).
Meetings
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When:
- Wednesday's begining January 31, 2018
- 11:15-12:15 (NYC)
- 17:15-18:15 (Salzburg)
Where:
- http://huntercollege.adobeconnect.com/statisticalrethinking/
Schedule:
- Available on GitHub
Getting Started
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Visit GitHub and read the Getting Started section.
You will want to:
1. Obtain the book
2. Join the Google Group
3. Subscribe to the calendar
4. Get R and RStudio set up
5. Clone the GitHub repository
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- GitHub:
<https://github.com/waldronlab/Statistical-Rethinking>
- Book:
<https://tinyurl.com/yahyd8jj>
- Meetings:
<http://huntercollege.adobeconnect.com/statisticalrethinking/>
Contributing
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- Active participation encouraged
- Just add yourself to the schedule
- Read the chapter in the book
- Prepare a summary presentation
- Complete the chapter's exercises
- And present at the weekly meeting
Presentations
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- All presentations should be authored in the `.Rpres` format
- Templates for every week are available on GitHub, just edit
- Make sure to add your GitHub username and the presentation date
More details on authoring R presentations:
<https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/200486468>.
Exercises
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- A exercise presentations should be authored in the `.Rmd` format
- Templates for every week are available on GitHub, just edit
- Make sure to add your GitHub username and the presentation date
More details on authoring R markdown documents:
<http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/>
Lost
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Still need help? Email the Google Group:
Preface
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- Build scaffolding
- Build a wall
- Remove scaffolding
Audience
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- Researcher's at any level
- Fimilary with basic regression
- Seeking an alternative to p-value stats
Teaching
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- More computer code than mathematics
- Helps to understand implementation
- Theory should then make sense after
Book
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- Meant to be read in order
- A course more than a reference
- Use the code provided
- Use the command line
Package
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```{r, eval=FALSE}
install.packages(c("coda", "mvnorm", "devtools"))
library(devtools)
devtools::install_github("rmcelreath/rethinking")
```