Swirl

10 Jul 2020 | Software (On-site)

Swirl: Learn R, in R

Radiant Lite

24 Jul 2019 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar

Stripped down version of Radiant on QUBES

Radiant

16 Sep 2015 | Software (On-site)

Business analytics using R and Shiny.

DataCamp

06 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/913The Easiest Way to Learn Data Science OnlineMaster data analysis from the comfort of your browser, at your own pace, tailored to your needs and expertise. Whether...

50 years of Data Science

23 Feb 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): David Donoho

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/912More than 50 years ago, John Tukey called for a reformation of academic statistics. In ‘The Future of Data Analysis’, he pointed to the existence of an as-yet...

Modernizing Statistics Education via Biology Applications

21 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Olcay Akman

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/254In most traditional statistics courses, instructors use data from different fields in an effort to give the courses an interdisciplinary flavor. They generally fail because these attempts...

HHMI Teacher Guide: Math and Statistics

23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Paul Strode, Ann Brokaw

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/342Topics include measures of average (mean, median, and mode), variability (range and standard deviation), uncertainty (standard error and 95% confidence interval), Chi-square analysis, student...

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.

QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology

30 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Tom Gower, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy, Jeremy M Wojdak

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/226This letter provides an overview of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project funded through the National Science Foundation. The project has five...

BioRadiant

19 May 2015 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar

Interactive statistics package using R and Shiny.

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.

A very basic tutorial for performing linear mixed effects analyses: Tutorial 2

24 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Bodo Winter

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/833This tutorial serves as a quick boot camp to jump-start your own analyses with linear mixed effects models. This text is different from other introductions by being decidedly...

Linear models and linear mixed effects models in R: Tutorial 1

24 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Bodo Winter

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/832Linear models and linear mixed models are an impressively powerful and flexible tool for understanding the world. This tutorial is the first of two tutorials that introduce...

Numbers Count!: Statistics course

28 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claudia Neuhauser

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/750This course in the Numbers Count! curriculum introduces the basics of statistical analysis, including basic definitions, data visualization, and application. 

Quantitative Reasoning: Peer Review 16(3), 2014

27 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Shelly Johnson Carey

This resource has been updated - find the current version here:https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/862In this issue of the journal Peer Review, the authors discuss the issues surrounding quantitative literacy. From the journal:...

Revolutionizing the Use of Natural History Collections in Education

11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Karen E. Powers, L. Alan Prather, Joesph A. Cook, James Woolley, Henry L. Bart Jr., Anna K. Monfils, Petra Sierwald

Using natural history collections, both physical specimens and archive data, promises to connect classroom learning with the real world of science.    From the article:  "Natural history collections are an irreplaceable and extensive record of life, and form the basis of our...

Java Applets for Power and Sample Size

10 Mar 2015 | Software (Off-site) | Contributor(s): Russell Lenth

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/899From the website:This software is intended to be useful in planning statistical studies.  It is not intended to be used for analysis of data that have already been...

Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data, A Bayesian Approach

25 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jim Albert, Allan Rossman

From the project website " Workshop Statistics:  Discovery with Data, A Bayesian Approach, Key College Press; ISBN: 1930190123 (coauthored with Allan J. Rossman of Dickinson College) is a collection of classroom and homework activities designed to introduce the student to...

Natural History Collections as Emerging Resources for Innovative Education

24 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here:https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/854Article abstract:"There is an emerging consensus that undergraduate biology education in the United States is at a crucial juncture, especially...

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...