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    Meet up and learn :-)<br>
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    Ragnvald<br>
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            <td>[SDI-Africa] Tanzania: Conservation Resource Centre 2013
              Skills Workshops</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:16:18 -0700 (PDT)</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td>Kate Lance <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:klance_remote@yahoo.com"><klance_remote@yahoo.com></a></td>
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            <td>Kate Lance <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lancekt@aya.yale.edu"><lancekt@aya.yale.edu></a></td>
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            <td>SDI-Africa <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sdi-africa@lists.gsdi.org"><sdi-africa@lists.gsdi.org></a></td>
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                  Conservation Resource Centre 2013 Skills Workshops<br>
                  The Centre will be putting on a series of science
                  skills workshops before and after the Tanzania
                  Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) Scientific
                  Conference
                  (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tawiri.or.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=25">http://www.tawiri.or.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=25</a>)
                  in late November & early December 2013. CRC
                  courses are designed to give you immediately-useful
                  skills that you can walk away feeling confident with.
                  Brief summaries are below.</span></div>
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                  food separate.</span></div>
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                      registration: CRC Skills Workshops 2013</span></div>
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                  style="font-size: 10pt;">Distance Sampling: 25-27
                  November & 28-30 November</span></div>
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                  id="yiv4410705037yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381344074844_3756">Distance
                  sampling is a widely-used method for estimating animal
                  population size or density.  The course will be split
                  into two components, of 3 days each:</span></div>
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                  id="yiv4410705037yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381344074844_3758">Sampling
                  methods â€“ the principles behind distance sampling,
                  basics on how to design a good survey, collecting
                  data, and preliminary analyses.<br>
                  Survey design and analysis â€“ this second workshop
                  will focus on how to analyze distance sampling data in
                  the software Distance, as well as covering more
                  advanced aspects of survey design.</span></div>
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                id="yiv4410705037yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381344074844_3759"><span>Introduction
                  to distance sampling: 25-27 November<br>
                  The emphasis of the workshop will be on how to design
                  a good distance sampling survey, how to collect good
                  data and how to do preliminary analyses using pen and
                  paper, a calculator and a computer spreadsheet. Target
                  audience: Any wildlife biologist who wants to design,
                  collect or analyze distance sampling survey data.
                  Complete beginners are very welcome! Those with more
                  experience may: (i) benefit from the refresher, (ii)
                  learn something from the detailed discussion of
                  assumptions, how to meet them, and what happens if
                  things go wrong, (iii) be able to use the material as
                  a basis for teaching others.</span></div>
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                  style="font-size: 10pt;">Distance Sampling Survey
                  Design and Analysis: 28-30 November</span></div>
              <div><span>Target audience: People who are familiar with
                  the concepts covered on the previous workshop, and who
                  want to analyze survey data using the program
                  Distance. Pre-requisites: Attendance at workshop 1, or
                  familiarity with all of the concepts covered on that
                  workshop.</span></div>
              <div><span>Introduction to GIS with QGIS: 28-30 November</span></div>
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                  id="yiv4410705037yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381344074844_3706">Elements
                  of GIS, creation of maps & integration of GPS
                  data, spatial analysis. Focusing on QGIS (a free GIS
                  package), this 3 day course will give practical skills
                  in creating maps, understanding cartographic concepts,
                  and basic analysis.</span></div>
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                  style="font-size: 10pt;">Introduction to Statistics
                  with R: 9-13 December</span></div>
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                  id="yiv4410705037yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381344074844_3710">An
                  ability to understand and undertake basic statistical
                  analyses is essential to the modern ecologist, yet
                  many ecology students lack confidence and ability in
                  statistical analysis. In fact, the basic statistics
                  that should be mastered by all ecologists requires no
                  advanced mathematical ability, but rather a basic
                  grasp of probability, and access to appropriate
                  statistical software. In recent years, the free and
                  open source statistical software program â€˜R’ has
                  become the package of choice for many academic
                  statisticians and ecologists world-wide. This
                  popularity is due not only to the completely free
                  distributions that are available online, but to the
                  extraordinarily powerful and rapidly growing set of
                  user-built packages that implement cutting edge
                  statistical models, often even before the new methods
                  have been published in the scientific literature.
                  Unfortunately, compared to spreadsheets and many
                  software programs familiar to ecologists, R has a
                  rather steep learning curve. This course offers
                  students the chance to learn basic statistical methods
                  at the same time as learning R. The course aims to
                  give students confidence in their ability to undertake
                  basic statistical analysis, give an awareness of the
                  ways in which these models can be extended, and to
                  provide basic competence in using R.</span></div>
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                  style="font-size: 10pt;">Spatial Analysis with R: 2-3
                  December</span></div>
              <div><span>Being able to analyse spatial data has become
                  an important skill for ecologists. This course is an
                  introduction to spatial data analysis using the R
                  environment. Day 1 will be a course consisting of
                  taught sessions and practicals. Day 2 will be a
                  workshop where we assist people with analysing their
                  own data.</span></div>
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