Dear evoldir community,

I am happy to announce another edition of Modern Statistical Thinking
for Biologists, set to run as weekly online sessions from the 19th of
September till the 19th of December 2024. The course uses an approach
that differs drastically from most introductory statistics courses. The
goal is both to make learning more intuitive and to address some of the
criticisms that have been raised against the way statistical analyses
are often performed in the biological sciences (notably an over-reliance
on dodgy P-values).

Unlike most introductory courses, we will put heavy focus on Bayesian
modelling. This may sound very advanced but most beginners actually
find this approach easier than classical methods, such as P-values and
confidence intervals.  Bayesian methods have become particularly common
in ecology and evolutionary biology, so training in Bayesian methods is
becoming more and more relevant to researchers in these fields. Don't
worry - at the end of the course, we will also talk about the more
classical techniques but they should be easier to learn at that point as
you'll already have your Bayesian baggage.

The course will be highly interactive, with lots of group work in
break-out rooms and weekly individual assignments, to which you will
always receive written feedback. There are no pre-requisites in terms of
maths or stats skills.  Usually, there are both participants that have
very little background in any kind of statistics, as well as participants
that already have a fair amount of experience with classical statistics
and want to learn more about Bayesian approaches. So both of these
profiles are very much welcome!

For more information and for registration, see here:
https://www.mondegoscience.com/courses/modern-stat-think-online-19-sep-19-dec-2024

Kind regards,

Rosina Savisaar,
Mondego Science.

Rosina Savisaar <rosinasavisaar@gmail.com>

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