143rd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society

September 08 - 14, 2013

This course will introduce the basics of program R (and using a commandline interface) drawing from examples in fisheries research. Topics will include: • Interactive calculations • Importing/exporting data, built-in and user-defined functions • Graphing, and • Statistical analyses (linear regression, t-test, randomization, ANOVA, basic nonlinear optimization.) Program R is a powerful open-source mathematical and statistical software program gaining popularity in the fisheries and ecological sciences. Program R is a powerful open-source mathematical and statistical software program gaining popularity in the fisheries and ecological sciences. No prior experience with R or programming is required or expected.