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Q4B: Questions For Biology
08 Dec 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Gulnur Birol, Greg Bole, Sunita Chowrira, Bridgette Clarkston, Thomas Deane, Malin Hansen, Erica Jeffery, Pam Kalas, Kathy Nomme, Rosemary Oh-McGinnis, Angie O’Neill, Carol Pollock, Joan Sharp, Karen Smith, Michelle Tseng
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/908The Questions For Biology (Q4B) team aims to create validated concept inventories for use in diagnosing student misconceptions, informing teaching practices and tracking...
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Quantitative Evolutionary Biology on the QUBESHub
27 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/227Welcome to QUBESHub - a virtual meeting space, resource center and collaborative environment for you to enhance quantitative biology in your undergraduate courses. This space is highly...
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Quantitative Modules to accompany general biology courses
06 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Lou Gross, Susan Harrell Yee, Monica Beals
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/828This collection of about 50 modules were developed to accompany general biology courses and allow instructors to add some quantitative examples in many of the topics in a...
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QUBES News, Highlights, and the Grand Opening of QUBESHub.org
27 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Alison N Hale, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/216The mission of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is to improve learning opportunities for all students enrolled in undergraduate biology courses...
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QUBES – A virtual synthesis center catalyzing change in undergraduate quantitative biology education
06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/198Presentation about QUBES given at HHMI Constellation Meeting: Advancing science students mastery of quantitative skills.
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QUBES: A vision of community collaboration in teaching and learning in quantitative biology
25 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar, Carrie Diaz Eaton
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/231/QUBES, which stands for Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis, is an NSF Research Coordination Network in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) and was recently...
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QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education
22 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/232This was a poster session at the 2015 Ecological Society of America meeting in Baltimore, MD.Ecology has developed into a field with a strong emphasis on quantitative research. As a result,...
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R Commander
04 Sep 2015 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
R provides a powerful and comprehensive system for analysing data and when used in conjunction with the R-commander (a graphical user interface, commonly known as Rcmdr) it also provides one that is easy and intuitive to use.
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Radiant
16 Sep 2015 | Software (On-site)
Business analytics using R and Shiny.
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Radiant Lite
24 Jul 2019 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
Stripped down version of Radiant on QUBES
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Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
13 Mar 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/206The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is working to design, implement, and assess online collaborative communities that promote teaching scholarship....
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RStudio IDE for R
22 Jan 2015 | Software (On-site)
RStudio is a GUI for R, the statistical programming language.
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Sealing the Deal The Grey Seal Problem in the U.S. Northeast
16 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Matthew S. Kaufman
"This case study uses a PowerPoint-driven approach combined with role-playing to explore issues surrounding the grey seal population off the coast of New England, specifically Chatham, Massachusetts. After gathering information, the students take the part of Chatham City council members and...
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Sealing the Deal The Grey Seal Problem in the U.S. Northeast
16 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Matthew S. Kaufman
"This case study uses a PowerPoint-driven approach combined with role-playing to explore issues surrounding the grey seal population off the coast of New England, specifically Chatham, Massachusetts. After gathering information, the students take the part of Chatham City council members and...
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SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
16 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations is about teaching differential equations using modeling and technology upfront and throughout the learning process. You can learn more at our dynamic website, www.simiode.org, where we...
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SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
16 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations is about teaching differential equations using modeling and technology upfront and throughout the learning process. You can learn more at our dynamic website, www.simiode.org, where we...
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Small-world models
02 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Winfried Just, Hannah Lea Callender
Small-world networks are classes of networks that have both the small-world property and exhibit strong clustering. Two constructions of such networks are implemented in IONTW. Here we study, both theoretically and with simulation experiments, the structure of these networks and how it influences...
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Statistical Exploration of Climate Data
11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Tamra Carpenter, Robert Vanderbei, Jon Kettenring
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/900Teacher version Student versionThis module is appropriate for introductory statistics classes.Supporting files: Module figures for...
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Statistical Power for One-Sample t-Test
18 May 2015 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar
Interactive visualization of statistical power for a one-sample t-test.
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Statistics for biologists
12 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/897There is no disputing the importance of statistical analysis in biological research, but too often it is considered only after an experiment is completed, when it may be too...