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Make TRUBLE
Make Teaching R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating
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Goals
- Develop, implement, and share modules for teaching statistical and biological concepts in R with Swirl, an interactive platform for learning and teaching R in the RStudio console
- Contribute one new lesson and leave the FMN with more ready-to-use Swirl lessons covering diverse biology and data analysis concepts
Mentors
- Suann Yang, State University of New York College at Geneseo
- Rachel Hartnett, Mount St. Mary's University
Final Products
This Swirl lesson walks through how to retrieve, view, and visually analyze streamflow and water quality data from the National Water Information System (US Geological Survey).
Single Factor Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Version: 1.0
This swirl lesson introduces students to theoretical and practical concepts about single-factor ANOVA analysis and an approach to conduct this type of analysis using R.
This Swirl lesson will introduce two main concepts to students: 1) the idea of uncertainty around linear slopes versus individual values and 2) predicting values using linear models.
NEON_PDSI
Version: 1.0
Users access and manipulate drought data and visualize these data to learn about historical drought patterns.