Spring School on Quantitative Methods 2016

September Masterclass Participants

• Please refer to the Handbook that we have sent you regarding how to navigate these materials.
• Not all tutors are able to be at the masterclass, but confirmed are
  • Robert Forkel (Databases and GutHub version control)
  • Sean Roberts (statistical modelling)
  • Chiara Barbieri (genetics)
  • Simon Greenhill (phylogenetic inference)
  • Remco Bouckaert (phylogenetic inference)
  • Fiona Jordan (phylogenetic comparative methods)

Preparation

• Create an account on github.com
• Install git or GitHub Desktop and
• (optional) if you know how, clone this repository to your own computer. Highly recommended rather than downloading separate files, this will give you a mirror of this repository (qmss-2016) on your own machine. Some simple instructions are here.

Tutorials

You will need to download the zipfile if you have not cloned the repository.

• IntroToR or zipfile
• IntroToStats or zipfile

Tutor Presentations and Materials

Most presentations are in the folder talkSlides. Tutors have a "readme.md" file in their respective tutorial directories that give you further information about their materials and contact details.

Robert Forkel

• Quantitative Methods and Software Development
• Version Control with git
• Other materials available in the folders "relational_databases", "textual_data", and "example_paper"
• Tutorials:
  • Textual data
  • SQL databases

Sean Roberts & Damian Blasi

• Sean's IntroToR tutorial
• Damian's IntroToStats tutorial
• Sean's presentation on Quantitative Analyses
• Damian's presentation on Statistical Evidence

Chiara Barbieri

• Chiara's tutorial materials on genetics, including a glossary, in the folder genetics_chiara
• Chiara's presentation

Simon Greenhill

• Simon's tutorial materials on phylogenetic inference using BEAST are in the folder beast
• Simon's presentation
• A set of materials on NeighborNet

Fiona Jordan

• Fiona's tutorial materials on phylogenetic comparative methods are in the folder PCM_discrete
• Fiona's [presentation](talkSlides/QMSS16 Phylogenetic Comparative Methods Discrete.pdf)

Annemarie Verkerk

• Annemarie's tutorial materials on PCMs with continuous data are in the folder continuous_character_evolution
• Annemarie's presentation