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Upcoming Workshops


2025 Summer Workshop

 

Beyond the T-Test: A Practical Guide to Coding and Statistics for Large-Scale Datasets
July 9th, 10th, and 11th

 

WORKSHOP CONTENT

This hands-on workshop is designed to guide you through the challenges of analyzing complex data, including small sample sizes and large number of variables, and missing values. Whether you're working with biomarkers, metabolites, proteins, or large non-biological datasets, you'll gain practical skills to improve the reliability and interpretability of your findings. We’ll begin with an introduction to core statistical concepts, walking through traditional approaches like t-tests and ANOVA, and compare them to more advanced methods—such as limma, LASSO, and sPLS-DA—that are better suited for large and complex datasets. No prior experience in statistics is required!

 

All workshop materials will be provided to participants.

 

Total cost [all 3 days] of the workshop is $300 total per individual for UConn Affiliates (Previously $450). Inquire about external rates. If you cannot attend all 3 days please contact us (timothy.e.moore@uconn.edu).

 

Click here to register!

  Full schedule:
Day Session Start End Topics
Day 1Morning I09h0011h15Intro to R: Navigating RStudio
Break11h1511h30Break
Morning II11h3013h00Basics of Data Manipulation; Loading data
LUNCH13h0014h00LUNCH
Afternoon I14h0015h30Data visualization; R Packages
Break15h3015h45Break
Afternoon II15h4517h00Challenges of Modern Data I: Example Data Sets: Sample Size; Many Variables
Day 2Morning I09h0010h45Challenges of Modern Data II: Overfitting; Missing Data
Break10h4511h00Break
Morning II11h0013h00Intro to Statistics: Description, Inference, Classification, & Prediction; p-Values, Power, & Effect Sizes
LUNCH13h0014h00LUNCH
Afternoon I14h0015h30'Classical' tests I: t-tests, ANOVA, regression
Break15h3015h45Break
Afternoon II15h4517h00'Classical' tests II: multiple regression, PCA; Modern Statistical Methods I: modified t-test; limma
Day 3Morning I09h0011h15Modern Statistical Methods I (cont): modified t-test; limma
Break11h1511h30Break
Morning II11h3013h00Modern Statistical Methods II: LASSO; sPLS-DA
LUNCH13h0014h00LUNCH
Afternoon I14h0015h30Modern Statistical Methods II (cont): LASSO; sPLS-DA
Break15h3015h45Break
Afternoon II15h4517h00Open Discussion

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Setup Guidelines

Installing R and Rstudio

Windows

Install R by downloading and running this .exe file from CRAN. Also, please install the RStudio IDE. Note that if you have separate user and admin accounts, you should run the installers as administrator (right-click on .exe file and select "Run as administrator" instead of double-clicking). Otherwise problems may occur later, for example when installing R packages.

MacOS

Install R by downloading and running this .pkg file from CRAN. Also, please install the RStudio IDE.

Linux

You can download the binary files for your distribution from CRAN. Or you can use your package manager (e.g. for Debian/Ubuntu run sudo apt-get install r-base and for Fedora run sudo dnf install R). Also, please install the RStudio IDE.

Venue

BUSN 321
2100 Hillside Road
Storrs, CT 06269

Contact Us

timothy.e.moore@uconn.edu
Address: Rm 308
Nathan L. Whetten Graduate Center
438 Whitney Rd Ext
Storrs, CT 06269