September meetup

September Meeting – Guest tutorial on linear mixed effects models (LMEMs)

This month's meetup will feature a guest tutorial led by Bodo Winter (http://bodowinter.com/) on running Linear Mixed Effects Models in R. He is a lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Birmingham and an accomplished teacher of statistics and R known for his clear and accessible teaching style.

In the first hour of the meetup, Bodo will lead his tutorial, which will be geared toward somewhat more advanced users of R who are interested in applying LMEMs to their data. However, we invite users at all levels to come follow along and ask questions. Don't be worried about it being too advanced -- this tutorial will be useful for people at all levels!

In the second half, we will have pizza and we encourage you to Bring Your Own Bottle (of any sort of beverage you fancy) to enjoy or to share. This will be a time to talk through practical applications of LMEMs for your own work and ask questions of Bodo and the more advanced users. This will be a great opportunity for people comfortable with statistics to ask more advanced methodological questions as well as for people who are more new to LMEMs and R to consolidate the tutorial material.

Timings:
18:00 - 19:00 LMEM Tutorial
19:00 - 20:00 Question and Answers and Pizza

We will be in the Urban Sciences Building again (2.022) and the room will be accessible through the main entrance to the building.

Please arrive with R and R Studio installed on your laptop. If you would like to be loaned a laptop before the meetup, please get in touch with us in the comments below to request one. We’d appreciate being given at least a few days notice.