Course pre-requisites can be found here. -All the raw files and code can be found here. Click -‘Clone or Download’ near the top right and then ‘Download ZIP’ if you -want an offline copy of everything.
-As this module will be delivered online please install Zoom and Slack to access the videos and interactive
-components of the course. All the Zoom links to the meeting will be
-posted to the Slack #zoom-links channel.
Please note that the course will be recorded so that attendees in -different time zones can catch up on material.
-Introduction to SIA data and revision of basic statistical and R -concepts
-| Time | -Class | -
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:30 | -Introduction: -why use a SIMM? (AJ & AP) | -
| 10:30-10:45 | -Coffee break | -
| 10:45-11:45 | -Revision -of likelihood and regression (AP) | -
| 11:45-12:00 | -Break | -
| 12:00-13:00 | -Guided -practical: Revision of important R concepts (AP) | -
| 13:00-14:00 | -Lunch | -
| 14:00-15:00 | -Guided -practical: Intro to SI data and biplots -(AJ) | -
| 15:00-15:30 | -Coffee break | -
| 15:30-17:00 | -Guided -Practical: Simple linear models to explain SIA data (AJ) | -
Introduction to Bayes and SIMMs
-| Time | -Class | -
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:30 | -An -introduction to Bayesian statistics (AP) | -
| 10:30-10:45 | -Coffee break | -
| 10:45-11:45 | -Guided -practical: R, JAGS, and linear regression (AP) | -
| 11:45-12:00 | -Break | -
| 12:00-13:00 | -Differences -between regression models and SIMMs (AP) | -
| 13:00-14:00 | -Lunch | -
| 14:00-15:00 | -Guided -practical: intro to simmr (AP) | -
| 15:00-15:30 | -Coffee break | -
| 15:30-17:00 | -Practical: options are (1) run your data through AJ’s plots from
-yesterday, or (2) get your data to run in simmr, or (3) go
-back and learn ggplot2 from this
-script |
-
simmr / MixSIAR
-| Time | -Class | -
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:30 | -The -statistical model behind simmr (and SIAR) (AP) | -
| 10:30-10:45 | -Coffee break | -
| 10:45-11:45 | -Guided Practical: using MixSIAR -and incorporating -prior information in simmr (AP) | -
| 11:45-12:00 | -Break | -
| 12:00-13:00 | -Dos -and don’ts of using mixing models with discussion (AJ) | -
| 13:00-14:00 | -Lunch | -
| 14:00-15:00 | -Dos and don’ts continued (AJ) | -
| 15:00-15:30 | -Coffee break | -
| 15:30-17:00 | -Practical: -Source grouping, when and how? (AJ) | -
Source grouping & SIBER
-| Time | -Class | -
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:30 | -Creating -and understanding Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses (SIBER) (AJ) | -
| 10:30-10:45 | -Coffee break | -
| 10:45-11:45 | -Guided -Practical: Using SIBER to compare populations using ellipses -(AJ) | -
| 11:45-12:00 | -Break | -
| 12:00-13:00 | -Practical: -pick a MixSIAR example and look -at the manual (AP & AJ) | -
| 13:00-14:00 | -Lunch | -
| 14:00-15:00 | -Guided -Practical: Using SIBER to compare communities using convex hulls -(AJ) | -
| 15:00-15:30 | -Coffee break | -
| 15:30-17:00 | -Community -level metrics using SIBER (AJ) | -