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Data Capture and Surveys with REDCap at UniSA (online)

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Would you like to enable secure and reliable data collection forms and manage online surveys? Would your study benefit from web-based data entry? Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) might be for you.

This course will introduce you to REDCap, a rapidly evolving web tool developed by...

Exploring ANOVAs in R at UNE Online

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R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio and the Shiny web application framework.This half-day course covers one and two-way Analyses of Variance (ANOVA) and their...

Traversing t tests in R at UNE Online

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R has become a popular programming language for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio and the Shiny web application framework.

The primary goal of this workshop is to familiarise you with basic statistical concepts in R...

Exploring Chi-square and correlation in R at UNE Online

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This hands-on training is designed to familiarise you with the data analysis environment of the R programming. In this session, we will traverse into the realm of inferential statistics, beginning with correlation and reliability. We will present a brief conceptual overview and the R procedures...

Spatial Statistics in R with Nick Bearman, University College London and Geospatial Training Solutions

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This comprehensive seminar introduces participants to spatial statistics using R, guiding them through essential techniques for analyzing geographically referenced data. Led by Dr. Nick Bearman, attendees will gain practical experience with tools like GeoDa and learn how to interpret spatial...

WORKSHOP: Retrieving nucleotide sequencing data from the European Nucleotide Archive

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This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons workshop ‘Retrieving nucleotide sequencing data from the European Nucleotide Archive’. This workshop took place on 3 April 2025.
Event description
The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) is the European node of the...

WORKSHOP SERIES: Submitting sequencing data and genome assemblies to the European Nucleotide Archive

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This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons workshop series ‘Submitting sequencing data and genome assemblies to the European Nucleotide Archive. These workshops took place between 25 March - 2 April 2025
Event description
The European Nucleotide Archive...

WEBINAR: Our journey incorporating AI into our cancer computational research

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This record includes training materials associated with the Australian BioCommons webinar ‘Our journey incorporating AI into our cancer computational research’. This webinar is part of the webinar series 'AI in the life sciences: exploring possibilities, inspiring change' and took place on 11...

Submitting a Data Request to Health Data Australia: Documentation for Data Requesters

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This documentation is a supplementary resource for researchers submitting a formal request for access to a dataset listed on the Health Data Australia (HDA) platform. This was developed as part of a work package for Health Studies Australian National Data Asset.

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R for reproducible science

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A collection of training events and materials that relate to using R to provide training and background on helping me make my research reproducible.