Review and Looking Forward 2026
FW8051 Statistics for Ecologists
Todos
- Reproducible Research (provide feedback in using Feedback Fruits on Canvas) by Wednesday
- Linear Models Quiz due Wed
- Review prediction and confidence intervals slides
- Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in the book.
- HW01: Linear regression due on Monday 2/2
Wednesday 1/21/2026
Review of statistical concepts in context of linear regression
- Sampling distributions
- SE (sd of a sampling distribution)
Coding:
- For loop in R to create a sampling distribution
Today
More review of linear regression
- Assumptions and how to check them
- t-distribution for regression coefficients
- hypothesis tests
- confidence intervals
- \(R^2\) interpretation
Todos
- Complete course survey (if you have not yet)
- Reproducible Research (turn in using Feedback Fruits on Canvas)
Last time
Usually, I would post a few bullet points to remind ourselves of what we covered during the previous class
Today Wednesday 1/21/2026
Review of statistical concepts in context of linear regression
- Sampling distributions
- SE (sd of a sampling distribution)
- Assumptions of linear regression
Coding:
- For loop in R to create a sampling distribution