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A Practical Guide to Mixed Models in R
Preface I created this guide so that students can learn about important statistical concepts while remaining firmly grounded in the programming required to use statistical tests on real data. I want this to be a guide students can keep open in one window while running R in another window, because it is directly relevant to their work.
In that spirit of openness and relevance, note that I created this guide in R v 3.
Creating a scientific manuscript in LaTeX
I’m submitting a manuscript as a .tex file for the first time, so I thought I’d document my workflow for anyone else who wants to give it a try. This is meant for people who know the very basics of LaTeX but are essentially beginners (much like myself.)
I habitually write my manuscripts in Scrivener, which allows me to organize my thoughts into the structure of a scientific paper.
Scrivener screenshot
My current research, for laypeople
I have struggled a lot to explain my current line of research to people in my life who aren’t scientists. But if I can’t explain my research to everyone, then I can’t claim to really know what I’m doing. So I’m going to try my best.
Models of natural phenomena – say, the size of the elephant population in a nature reserve – usually have some kind of randomness in them, because natural systems constantly change.
I'm going to Denmark! Here's why.
With my Master’s degree in hand, I’m happy to say that I will be starting a year-long fellowship with the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) in September, at the Max Planck Center for Biodemography in Odense.
When I tell people about this exciting new chapter in my academic career, they usually ask me, “What’s biodemography, and why do you want to study it for a year?”
Demography is the mathematical study of populations.