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Sandro Leidi

Senior Statistician

Statistical Services Centre

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Reading, UK

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Training in statistics

  • A review of the basics, regression, anova, linear and generalized linear models, survival analysis, Excel for statistics... and many more short courses: check the 2010 timetable
  • Stop wondering "which test?" and start thinking "which model?": use the modelling approach of data = pattern + residual
  • Non-normal data? Analysis of qualitative / categorical responses

    • Distance learning of statistics

    (uses Moodle as a course management system)
  • e-SIAC: Statistics in Applied Climatology
  • statistics-training.org, the gateway to our online courses
  • eSMS: Statistics Made Simple. Why take this course? Show me an overview of the eSMS course content

    • Graduate Skills Development Programme (GSDP)

    Enhancing Statistical Skills for Research Students in the Faculties of Science and Life Sciences
    Academic year 2010/2011

    to be released soon

    Teaching for the Quantitative Biology and Applied Statistics Section

  • AS2B: Linear models
    • >> module description
    Venue: Agriculture building, room 1L04 - Time: Monday 10:00 to 12:00, starts 11 January 2010
  • ASMC01: Quantitative methods for the life sciences
    • >> module description
    Venue: Agriculture building, room 1L04 - Time: Monday 10:00 to 12:00, starts 11 January 2010
  • ASM130: Time to event analysis
    • >> module description | timetable| datasets
    Venue: Harborne building (formerly Plant science), room 164 & Palmer G09 PC room - Mon,Tue,Thu, week of 8 March 2010

    Interests and consultancy

  • Good statistical practice: biometry guidelines [aka 'the booklets'] (html) or (pdf)
  • Use of Excel for statistics, for good statistical graphics (pdf) and for good tables (pdf)
  • Searchable databases/catalogues on the web
  • Multiple dimensional grafics represented in 2 dimensions: TRELLIS in Genstat | Minitab | R | SPSS| Stata

    • Statistical Software

  • Download a FREE statistical package: INSTAT+
  • free GenStat for the developing world | GenStat for agriculture and experimental biology
  • free and open-source: the R project, download R [Bristol mirror]
  • Diversity analysis,a manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies
  • Paul Murrel homepage on R grafics
  • Use of Stata for analysis of survey data

    • Resources free downloads for efficient statistical work and more!

    very useful links: on-line stats book | learn the modern way 1 | learn the modern way 2 | experimental design generator

    international standards: SI units | date and time units | the 24-hour clock | naming of species

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    contact: Sandro Leidi, updated: 10 June 2010