Students will be evaluated based on 4 criteria. (1) Participation [20 points], (2) Take-home assignments [40 points], (2) Project proposal [15 points] (3) Write-up of independent project [25 points].
You will spend two weeks towards the end of the course conducting independent projects. We will have regular class during this time, but I will be available to help you with your R codes. This is an opportunity for you to work on something new that will further your research goals. I will leave the format fairly open, but here are some suggestions: (1) Conduct new analyses of your own data (2) Re-create models and/or figures from a publication in your field (I recommend this approach—it really helps you understand concepts at a new level). (3) Conduct meta-analyses or re-analysis of publically available data.
You will submit a brief plan (< 2 pages) of your project on During the 5th week of the course. However, you can start your project earlier than that. You will submit a write-up (~5 pages, double-spaced including figures) at the end of the course.
Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact the instructor for a confidential discussion of their individual needs for academic accommodation. It is the policy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to provide flexible and individualized accommodation to students with documented disabilities that may affect their ability to fully participate in course activities or to meet course requirements. To receive accommodation services, students must be registered with the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office, 132 Canfield Administration, 472-3787 voice or TTY.
Week 1: Getting started with R
Week 2: Data Wrangling (remote class)
Week 3: Plotting Basics
Week 4: More plotting, creating reports
Week 5: Some simple statistics
Week 6: apply functions, loops, statements
Week 7: Resampling techniques
Week 8: Simulations, stochasticity, Submit proposal for independent project
Week 9: HCC guest lecture: Running codes on the high-performance computing cluster.
Week 10: Batch processing
Week 11: Spring Break
Week 12: Worked examples, independent projects
Week 13: Worked examples, independent projects
Week 14: Independent projects
Week 15: Submit final project
Please do the following things before we meet for the first class.