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== Welcome to Sustainability Methods! ==
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== Welcome to the ''Sustainability Methods Wiki!'' ==
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The aim of this wiki is to present and explain fundamental methods, terms and tools relevant to (sustainability) science and answer relevant underlying questions. The wiki is composed of several sub-wikis that can be accessed below.
  
=== Day 1 - Intro ===
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* [[Classes]] (currently only Statistics)<br>
# [[Why statistics matters|Do models and statistics matter?]] Why does it pay to be literate in statistics and R?
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# Getting concepts clear: Generalisation, Sample, and Bias
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* [[Wiki Entries]] (Methods, Skills & Tools)<br>
#:- See also, [[Misunderstood concepts in statistics|misunderstood concepts]]
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# [[Why statistics matters#A very short history of statistics|History of statistics]]
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* [[Normativity of Methods]]<br>
  
=== Day 2 - Data formats based on R ===
 
# [[Data formats#Continuous data|Continuous vs. categorical, and subsets]]
 
# [[Data distribution|Normal distribution]]
 
# Poisson, binomial, Pareto
 
  
=== Day 3 - Simple tests ===
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For more information, please refer to the [[Sustainability_Methods:About|About]] page and the [[FAQ]].
# [[Simple Tests|Parametric and non-parametric]]
 
# [[Hypothesis building|Hypothesis testing]]
 
# [[Designing studies#P-value|The power of probability]]
 
  
=== Day 4 - Correlation and regression ===
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If you would like to provide feedback or ask further questions, please contact us via the contact form in the [[FAQ]] section.
[https://sustainabilitymethods.org/index.php/Correlations_and_regressions What are correlation and regressions]
 
  
== Causal vs non-causal relations ==
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Following are links to some pages that you might be interested in:
  
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* [[Index : Statistics|Link to Statistics Topics on the Wiki]]
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* [[Former Homepage|Link to the Former Homepage]]
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* [[Table of Contributors]]
  
#:- See also, [[Misunderstood concepts in statistics#Correlation|misunderstood concepts]]
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Here are the 5 newest wiki entries that have been made on Sustainability Methods:
# Are all correlations causal?
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# Is the world linear?
 
# Transformation
 
 
 
=== Day 5 - Correlation and regression ===
 
# [[Designing studies#P-value|P values]] vs. [[Designing studies#Sample size|sample size]]
 
# Residuals
 
# Reading correlation plots
 
 
 
=== Day 6 - Designing studies Pt. 1 ===
 
# How do I compare more than two groups?
 
# Designing experiments - degrees of freedom
 
# One way and two way
 
 
 
=== Day 7 - Designing studies Pt. 2 ===
 
# Balanced vs. unbalanced - Welcome to the Jungle
 
# [[Designing studies#Block effects|Block effects]]
 
# Interaction and reduction
 
 
 
=== Day 8 - Types of experiments ===
 
# Are all laboratory experiment really made in labs?
 
# Are all field experiment really made in fields?
 
# What are natural experiments?
 
 
 
=== Day 9 - Statistics from the Faculty ===
 
 
 
=== Day 10 - Statistics down the road ===
 
# Multivariate Statistics
 
# AIC
 
 
 
=== Day 11 - The big recap ===
 
# Distribution & simple test
 
# Correlation and regression
 
#:- See also, [[Misunderstood concepts in statistics|misunderstood concepts]]
 
# [[Analysis of Variance]]
 
 
 
=== Day 12 - Models ===
 
# Are models wrong?
 
# Are models causal?
 
# Are models useful?
 
 
 
=== Day 13 - Ethics and norms of statistics ===
 
# What is informed consent?
 
# How does a board of ethics work?
 
# How long do you store data?
 
 
 
 
 
View [https://sustainabilitymethods.org/index.php/Special:AllPages All Pages].
 
 
 
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Revision as of 11:34, 2 July 2020

Welcome to the Sustainability Methods Wiki!


The aim of this wiki is to present and explain fundamental methods, terms and tools relevant to (sustainability) science and answer relevant underlying questions. The wiki is composed of several sub-wikis that can be accessed below.


For more information, please refer to the About page and the FAQ.

If you would like to provide feedback or ask further questions, please contact us via the contact form in the FAQ section.

Following are links to some pages that you might be interested in:

Here are the 5 newest wiki entries that have been made on Sustainability Methods:

  1. Linear Regression in Python
  2. How to write unreadable und unmaintainable code
  3. Handling Categorical Data in Python
  4. Factor Analysis
  5. Decision Trees in Python