R help - May 2013 - Courses: Statistical Analysis with R - Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS

Dear list members,

Apologies for cross-posting. Please, find below the information of
two statistical courses with R:

1) Statistical Analysis with R
2) Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS

If you have any question don't hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Pablo

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*Two days course in: Statistical Analysis with R
*Where:  Linux Hotel, Essen-Horst, Germany
*When:
14.06-15.06.2013
22.11-23.11.2013
13.12-14.12.2013
*Instructor:
Dr. Pablo E. Verde
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*Target audience:
Data analysis with basic knowledge in statistics will benefit from this 
course.
The course is intended as a first course in R but not as a first course in
statistics or data analysis.
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*Course content:
Day 1:
*    Introduction to statistical analysis with R
*    Classical graphical functions (scatter plots, conditional plots, 
histograms, etc)
*    Data management with R (indexing and other advanced techniques)
*    Advance graphical techniques for data analysis: lattice plots and 
ggplot2

Day 2:
*    Statistical analysis based on computer simulation (bootstrap methods)
*    Regression modeling (linear/non-linear/logistic regression)
*    Issues in regression modeling (variable selection, model checking, 
etc.)

*Prices:
Public sector and commercial: 737.8 Euros (two days course, included VAT)
Student:  450 Euro (two days course, included VAT). Some of the courses are
frequently fully booked. So please notice that you may have to try several
times, until you get a spare place.
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*Three days course in: Bayesian Data Analysis with R and WinBUGS
*Where: Linux Hotel, Essen-Horst, Germany
*When:
11.07-13.07.2013
07.11-09.11.2013
*Instructor:
Dr. Pablo E. Verde
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*Target audience:
This course is for data analyst who are familiar with classical statistics
and they want to get a working knowledge in Bayesian analysis. This is a 
3 days
intensive training course with 8 hours per day including lecturing and 
exercises.
The course presentation is practical with many worked examples. To 
attend the
course you do NOT need experience with R or with WinBUGS. Lectures are given
in English. Discussions can be in English, German or Spanish.
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*Course content:
Day 1
*Lecture 1: Introduction to Bayesian Inference
*Lecture 2: Bayesian analysis for single parameter models
*Lecture 3: Prior distributions: univariate

Day 2
*Lecture 4: Bayesian analysis for multiple parameter models
*Lecture 5: An introduction to WinBUGS
*Lecture 6: Multivariate models with WinBUGS

Day 3
*Lecture 7: An introduction to MCMC computations
*Lecture 8: Bayesian regression with WinBUGS
*Lecture 9: Introduction to Hierarchical Statistical modeling

*Prices:
Public sector and commercial: 1088,85 Euro (three days course, included VAT)
Student:  675 Euro (three days course, included VAT). Some of the 
courses are
frequently fully booked. So please notice that you may have to try several
times, until you get a spare place.

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**For more information, please contact:  info at linuxhotel.de
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