2 Readings

There are several resources that will help with this section of the stats course, and onwards

  • Getting Started with R - An Introducton for Biologists, Second Edition (available as an electronic online resource via StarPlus). Specifically, Chapter 5 and 6 cover details on how to fit and interpret statistical models fit to data in this workbook.
  • Experimental Design for the Life Sciences - Nick Colegrave and Graham Ruxton (seen on eBay for £2.50!). Specifically, this book gives an excellent overview of how to design experiments in the Life Sciences
  • Of course, the venerable coursebook for APS 240: https://dzchilds.github.io/stats-for-bio/index.html

2.1 Install some extra packages

In order to make this module more effective, we are going to use some additional resources from CRAN.

Please ensure you have ALREADY installed these packages, using the install packages tab in RStudio:

  • tidyverse
  • ggfortify
  • agricolae
  • patchwork

Please ensure you ALSO install these packages, using the install packages tab in RStudio:

  • car
  • visreg