Interactive introductory distance sampling training

The University of St Andrews has been training people in design and analysis of distance sampling studies for decades. Perhaps you've wanted to attend but could not get permission for travel to Scotland or the scheduling of workshops in August conflicted with your field work.

We are offering the training workshop in 10 two-hour blocks in early January. You will be invited to interact in short lectures on distance sampling principles. 👩‍🎓 Exercises analysing data sets in R will reinforce those principles and the lecturer will be available to assist during the practical session via screen sharing. The block will conclude with a summary of the exercise and question/answer session for both lecture and exercise. 💻

The workshop will be delivered using Zoom web conferencing software along with R-Studio "in the cloud"☁️; both free software tools. You will need accounts for both pieces of software. I encourage you to experiment with Zoom (at https://zoom.us) and https://rstudio.cloud before the course begins.

Registration for the first offering of this training filled within a week of advertisement. Persons on the wait list for the first offering have already filled half of the available places. I suggest you register and pay without delay.

Important details:

    Workshop dates and time: 06 - 17 January 2020; 1800-2000 UK time (1300-1500 EST, 1000-1200 PST, 0900-1100AKST) 🕰️
    Registration deadline: 28 November 2019📅
    Enrolment limit: 10 - five participants from the wait list for November have already registered, so there are no more than five places remaining
    Cost: 170 British pounds (roughly $205 at current exchange rates)💵
    What is included: Lectures, exercises, code, data all available online📃

Further details are available at the CREEM website:

https://www.creem.st-andrews.ac.uk/distance-live-online-workshops/

At this page you will find a link to the St Andrews online shop where you a) register and b) make payment.

Feel free to contact me with questions. We expect to offer this training again in spring 2020 if January timing does not suit you. Future offerings may use the Distance for Windows software if there is sufficient demand. The interactive workshops do not replace face-to-face distance sampling workshops that will be held in August 2020.