"Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to applied scientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced plotting, and common beginner mistakes. This book contains e ..."
"This book provides the statistical tools to aid analysis of datasets. It deals with two main difficulties faced with large datasets, lots of zeros and dependency."
"This book presents Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMM) based on both frequency-based and Bayesian concepts. Using ecological data from real-world studies, the text introduces the reader to the basics of GLM and mixed effects models, with demonstrations of binomial, gamma, Poisson, negative binomial regression, and beta and beta-binomial GLMs and GLMMs. The book uses the functions glm, lmer, glmer, ..."
"A Beginner's Guide to Generalized Additive Models with R is, as the title implies, a practical handbook for the non-statistician. The author's philosophy is that the shortest path to comprehension of a statistical technique without delving into extensive mathematical detail is through programming its basic principles in, for example, R. Not a series of cookbook exercises, the author uses data from biological studies to go beyond theory ..."
"This chapter revises the basic concepts of linear regression, shows how to apply
linear regression in R, discusses model validation, and outlines the limitations of
linear regression when applied to ecological data. Later chapters present
methods to overcome some of these limitations; but as always before doing any
complicated statistical analyses, we begin with a detailed data exploration. The
key concepts to consider at this stag ..."
"Functions. In previous chapters, we demonstrated how to enter data; read data
from a spreadsheet, ascii file, or a database; and extract subsets of data. In this
chapter, we discuss applying some simple functions to the data, such as the
mean or the mean of a single data subset. These are functions that may be useful
; however, they are not the tools that will convince you to become an R user. Use
them when it is convenient. Upon fi ..."
"If the time span of the data is not long enough to generate a sufficient number of
blocks (> 20), it might be an option to consider the data as circular and connect
the last observation (row) with the first one. However, this process does. involve.
removing. trends. from. data. (Leps. and. Smilauer. 2003),. and. this. might. be.
the main point of interest. If the data consist of different transects, and there is a
large difference ..."
"Mobility and Ancient Society in Asia and the Americas contains contributions by leading international scholars concerning the character, timing, and geography of regional migrations that led to the dispersal of human societies from Inner and northeast Asia to the New World in the Upper Pleistocene (ca. 20,000-15,000 years ago). This volume bridges scholarly traditions from Europe, Central Asia, and North and South America, bringing diff ..."