Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring Marjorie Mitchell, Copyright, Scholarly Communications, and Research Data Management Librarian

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.

Researcher Drop-Ins with the CSC, featuring the Office of Research Services and Writing and Academic Communication Support

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Researchers, meet your Okanagan research support team! Come join us to connect with friendly faces who are always there to support solutions for your scholarly communication and digital or data-intensive research needs.

Population, Sampling, Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This session will introduce participants to the foundational concepts of statistical inference, including population distributions and the process of random sampling. Attendees will learn how sampling distributions evolve towards normality as sample sizes increase and will visually explore the Central Limit Theorem.

By the end of the session, participants should be able to visualize and understand population distributions, illustrate random sampling processes, recognize the normalizing effect of larger samples on sampling distributions, and demonstrate the Central Limit Theorem visually.

Free

Fitting Linear Models in `R`

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This workshop will illustrate how to fit linear models in R, diagnose any issues with model assumption violations, and interpret linear model summaries, including model coefficients, degrees of freedom, standard error estimates, t statistics, F statistics, p-values, R2, statistical significance, adjusted R2.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to fit linear models in R and interpret model outputs, including the output of the summary() function in R.

Free

Visualizing Errors and Common Pitfalls

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This session will address the visualization of standard deviation (s.d.), standard error of the mean (s.e.m.), and confidence interval (CI) error bars to enhance the understanding of uncertainty in data analysis. The interpretation of error bars for statistical significance will be discussed, along with common misinterpretations to avoid.

By the end of the session, participants should be able to visualize and interpret error bars, understand the implications of their spacing and width, and be cautious of common pitfalls such as misinterpreting non-overlapping error bars as evidence of significance.

Free

Multiple Linear Regression in `R`

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This workshop will demystify ANOVAs by framing them in the context of linear models with multiple predictors (i.e., multiple linear regression). The session will also introduce attendees to Directed Acyclical Graphs (DAGs) and demonstrate how to use them to infer causality in one’s model.

By the end of this session participants should be able to fit linear models with more than one predictor, check for collinearity between predictors, and interpret linear models using DAGs.

Free