Stats Reading Group
We have a weekly reading group on ecological statistics at which we read recents texts in applied statistics. We read 1-2 text per year and do journal article readings between texts.- Spr 2013, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't, Nate Silver
- Win 2013, Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data, Second Edition by Banerjee, Gelfand, and Carlin
- Fall 2012, Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R, by Roger S. Bivand, Edzer J. Pebesma, Virgilio Gómez-Rubio
- Fall 2011-Win 2012, Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R, by Zuur, Ieno, Walker, Saveliev, and Smith
- Spr 2011, Hierarchical Modeling and Inference in Ecology, by Royale and Dorazio
- Spr 2010, Model Selection and Model Averaging, by Claeskens and Hjort
- Fall-Win 2009, The Nature of Scientific Inference, edited volume by Taper and Lele
- Spr 2009, Forum-Hierarchical Statistical Models in Ecology, special section of 9 articles in the 2009 Volume 19 of Ecological Applications
- Win 2008, Ecological Models and Data in R, by Bolker
- Fall 2008, Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models, by Gelman and Hill
- Fall 2007, The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, by Hubbell