Nathan Brouwer

Biology lecturer @PittBioSci. I teach intro bio, computational biology, #ecology, #evolution, #rstats & #r4ds

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

Starting a thread on #rstats #r4ds for brainstorming how to teacher R to first timers. First - use @rstudio cloud , which was free for educators last year. 1/

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

Endangered ash tree of North America is invasive in secondary forests in Eastern Africa
JA Mullah and @odee_david
https://t.co/bVawRRyjlm
#ecology

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

in honor of @PittBioSci work on duckweed I always use a picture of it in my lecture slides when I transition from talking about prokaryotes to eukaryotes in intro bio
@swapecoevo @Exp_EvoEco

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

here's my cheat for using RStudio cloud for first-time #rstats coders. includes some issues that can trip up folks (e.g. cranky pop-up blockers)

#lowbrowR
https://t.co/UPztdj8yGB

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

Here's my (opinionated) written guide to getting started with #rstats/RStudio/RStudio cloud, and online resources for learning which I use in my classes
https://t.co/D5lsYHiIZ4
#lowbrowR

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

I am working on simple videos for my online #rstats course for total R/coding beginners (sophomore undergrads).
Here's "Creating an RStudio Cloud Account"
https://t.co/uN4tvzgyfB

#lowbrowR

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

in this #rstats video for total beginners, I discuss how to use RStudio cloud primer. super easy to use, but a few quirks that could throw off people new to coding
"RStudio Cloud Primers Overview"
https://t.co/Fh2OnrRdpA
#lowbrowR

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

Our captioning software things I'm @hadleywickham I think when it hears me talk about #rstats

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@jwalkrunski i bet my python joke is better an i can tell it faster

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

this is interesting physiology-race-social justice intersection @burhanco2
https://t.co/KBo65qhRe8

related stuff has been on twitter recently, can forward if interested

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@riridoesthings thanks!

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@riridoesthings what's the reference for the study? I'd love to discuss it in my stats and intro bio classes. estimating a general correction factor for any group is statistically tenuous at best 😐

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

are there #rstats tools for converting a text bibliography to bibtex or another standard format?

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@wild_ecology sounds like a great way to test ecological theory and knowledge of the speies

[Kristin Sainani @KristinSainani]

New article out with @elborgo9 and @keith_lohse on "Ten Common Statistical Errors From All Phases of Research, and Their Fixes." DM me for a copy of the pdf (these articles appear to be on a lagged open access schedule!).
https://t.co/Lz03VEc3cb

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

I submitted my grades, took a day off email, and today there are only like 5 emails in my in box. What did I do wrong? @RaineeKaz @burhanco2

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

I need to check out https://t.co/Lopv5xoYAJ for classes next year
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[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

Starting a thread on #rstats #r4ds for brainstorming how to teacher R to first timers. First - use @rstudio cloud , which was free for educators last year. 1/

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

https://t.co/9i8FRAhm8i

[Ottar Bjornstad @BjornstadOttar]

Check out @MKrzywinski shinyApp for our nature methods paper. I think it very useful and beautifully designed

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@TrashBirdEcol I wonder if the term "informatics" would be useful for explaining how statistics is different than data science. to me, a data scientists has to be able to find, access, clean, and communicate. stats folks (at least in the classroom) usually assume data is given and tidy

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@TrashBirdEcol thx; mostly lines up w/ my thoughts. I like your def. of ecoinf; I've been trying to frame how comp bio is different than bioinformatics; thinking in terms of what is ecoinformatics (where data is much more heteregenous) is helpful

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@TrashBirdEcol (they're arbitrary labels, but i'd like to be able to justify, at least to myself, why I teach some things and not others)

[Nathan Brouwer @lobrowR]

@TrashBirdEcol random question - have you ever seen anything written on what's the difference between statistical ecology, quantitative ecology, and computational ecology
I teach a computational biology course and I'm trying to come up with a way of delineating closely related field. 1/