debbie-leung / stats_eco_evo_spring2020

Course repository for Columbia University's EEEB UN3005/GR5005 (spring 2020)

Introduction to Statistics for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Spring 2020

This is the course repository for EEEB UN3005/GR5005 taught at Columbia University in spring 2020.

Course Syllabus

See the most current pdf version of the syllabus here.

Installing rethinking

Our course text will be Statistical Rethinking by Richard McElreath. As such, students will need to install the rethinking R package. See the "Quick Installation" section here for instructions.

Repository Organization

• 📁 data: data files used in lectures, labs, or homeworks.
• 📁 gr5005_research_project: an assignment description for the graduate level research project.
• 📁 homework: homework assignments as R Markdown files.
• 📁 images: image files used internally by the course repository.
• 📁 lab: laboratory assignments as R Markdown files.
• 📁 lecture: lecture materials in various file formats.
• 📁 syllabus: the current course syllabus and the associated R Markdown source file.

Attribution of Course Material

Much material for this course has been inspired by or modified from instructional material by Richard McElreath, as well as Matthew Palmer and David Madigan, who taught previous iterations of this class.