Question about data matrix

2007-03-11 Thread Ophelia Wang
Hi everyone, I have a question here: let's say I have multiple data points (n=40), and I want to compute a matrix that calculates the difference between each paired data points (n1n2, n1n3n39n40), what kind of stats program or gis (?) software can I use? Or how do I write a script for this

Postdoc positions (2) in mycorrhizal ecology in Berlin, Germany

2007-03-11 Thread Matthias C. Rillig
The following positions are open: - POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (3 years, funding available for 5 years) in mycorrhizal/ fungal ecology at Freie Universitaet Berlin. Teaching: 4 hrs/ week. Focus on soil molecular ecology. Application deadline: 4/2/07; start date is flexible. - POSTDOCTORAL RE

job posting: USFS Vegetation Specialist (Botanist/Ecologist, seasonal Term, GS-07/09)

2007-03-11 Thread K Johnson
The USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis program (http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/) is currently hiring field crew Vegetation Specialists to assist with region-wide Vegetation Indicator (http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/program-features/indicators/veg/#) data collec

Re: Dealing with non-normal, ordinal data for 2-way ANOVA with interactions

2007-03-11 Thread Highland Statistics Ltd.
At 16:19 11/03/2007, John Gerlach wrote: >After lengthly reviews of the literature drilling down through the >numerous citations that all cite secondary sources, I found that all >of the statements that ANOVA is robust to normality or homogeneity >were based on a couple of early simulations usi

Re: Dealing with non-normal, ordinal data for 2-way ANOVA with interactions

2007-03-11 Thread Nadav Nur
first, I would agree with Nirmal that permutation tests are an excellent approach (and should be more widely used by ecologists than is currently the practice). second, make sure that it is the residuals that you are examining for normality, not the dependent variable itself. and I agree with Ste

Field Assistant: Desert stream community ecology (AZ)

2007-03-11 Thread Mike Booth
Hello I am a second year graduate student at Cornell seeking a volunteer field assistant for a community ecology project based in Arizona from mid May until early August (exact dates negotiable). My project will measure the ecosystem and community level effects of several fish species (Catostomus

Rainforest and Reef Field Courses in Rainforest and Marine Ecology 2007

2007-03-11 Thread J. Michael Nolan
List Members. Rainforest and Reef specializes in Natural History based Field Courses = featuring exotic wildlife, scenic beauty, adventure, unique cultures, = archaeology, fascinating histories and much, much more. During this past = year, our programs were represented by University, Community

Re: Parasite Ecology and Evolution

2007-03-11 Thread isab972
> > I am teaching ecology in a Brazilian university for > undergrad Biology > > students and this year I would like to use texts (book chapters and > > articles) about "parasite and host ecology and evolution". Have a look at Charlie Nunn's work, on the co-evolution of parasites and hosts in m

RA for GIS work on riparian forest change

2007-03-11 Thread Dixon, Mark
I'm looking to take on a graduate student with strong experience in GIS = to assist with a large scale assessment of cottonwood forests along the = Missouri River, including mapping of land cover change and stand age = from historic aerial photographs. The student would have full RA = support (abo

Re: Dealing with non-normal, ordinal data for 2-way ANOVA with interactions

2007-03-11 Thread Highland Statistics Ltd.
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:19:31 -0500, Ryan Earley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Help with stubbornly non-normal data > >We have a data set with 2 independent variables and 1 dependent (Gosner >stage for amphibian larvae). Hello, Normality is less important. What about homogeneity? We have tried

JOB: One-year faculty position in ecology and botany

2007-03-11 Thread James M. Yoder
Eastern Mennonite University Department of Biology POSITION: Full-time one-year faculty position in ecology and botany. RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach classes in environmental science, ecology, earth science, and/or taxonomic botany, and help teach introductory biology courses for non-science majors Q