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Statistical data analysis - Christoph Scherber


Last updates: 23rd July 2015


Please note that the course Linear Statistical Models with R will be held by my colleagues, Ingo Grass and Catrin Westphal, in October 2015.

 

October 2014

PhD course "Linear statistical models with R", Room L318, Grisebachstrasse 6, 6th-10th October

June 2014

Workshop with John Fox on structural equation modelling on 6th June 2014. John Fox is an eminent expert in linear statistical models and he´s written books such as An R Companion to Applied Regression.


April 2014

Workshop by Christoph Scherber "Structural equation models in the Soil Sciences", Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft


February 2014

Workshop "Structural Equation models" organized by C. Scherber. Guest speakers and lecturers:

James B. Grace (USGS)
W. Daniel Kissling (Denmark & The Netherlands)
Niels J. Blunch (Denmark)

 

 

Christoph´s mixed R functions

This is a continuously updated file containing useful snippets of R code.

New!General collection of useful R functions, Version 2015-01-22


Multinomial models

When fitting multinomial models with the nnet package (multinom() function), it is sometimes desirable to increase the number of weights (especially when there is a large number of response categories). This may happen for example in the analysis of next-generation sequencing data. The Anova() function from John Fox´s package "car" can not deal with the MaxNWts argument and hence cannot be used for multinomial models with user-specified maximum number of weights. Below, I provide a function called Anova.multinom2, which allows MaxNWts to be set to any desirded number.
New!
Anova for models with user-specified weights, fitted with the multinom() function


Nonlinear regression

In nonlinear regression situations, one often wishes to use power law functions of the form y=a+b*x^c. The following code allows starting estimates for this function to be estimated automatically.
New!Self-starting non-linear power law function in R


Model selection

StepAICc function for linear, generalized linear and mixed models

selMod function for model selection in mixed models


Contrast matrices

Working with orthogonal contrasts in R

Test for orthogonality of a contrast matrix


Linear mixed models

Extract lme ANOVAs from multiple models

Extract lme summaries from multiple models


Generalized linear mixed models

ANOVA method for lmer models


Time series analysis

A short introduction to time-series analysis in R


Graphics

Creating publication-quality R Graphics


Ecological diversity

Calculate Shannon´s diversity index


Seed bank data analysis

Analyzing data from a seed bank study using R


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Please contact me if you feel there are things that would need to be corrected. R is open-source and new libraries are published every other day, and so it is always a challenging task to keep up with all new developments.

Thanks to the R Core Development Team for making R possible, and also to Mick Crawley for introducing me to R. For downloading and installing R, please visit the R Project website.