When I started my PhD – about three months ago – I found myself having to learn the ins and outs of a whole new topic. Really fun, as I love learning new things, but also kind of like being shipwrecked and floating in the middle of the ocean with no idea which way to […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (5) – The thesis layout
This is the fifth and last post in a short series of tutorials to write your thesis in R Markdown. You can find instructions on how to get started in the first post. These tutorials were written by a Windows user, so if you are using a different operating system some details may differ. Hi […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (4) – Putting the thesis together
This is the fourth post in a short series of tutorials to write your thesis in R Markdown. You can find instructions on how to get started in the first post. These tutorials were written by a Windows user, so if you are using a different operating system some details may differ. Welcome back! You […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (3) – Figures, R code and tables
This is the third post in a short series of tutorials to write your thesis in R Markdown. You can find instructions on how to get started in the first post. These tutorials were written by a Windows user, so if you are using a different operating system some details may differ. Welcome back to […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (1) – Getting started
Looking to use R Markdown to create your thesis? You have come to the right place. R Markdown is a great tool for integrating data analysis and report writing, but it can be a bit daunting to get started. I wrote my thesis with R Markdown last year, and sure spent quite some time browsing […]
Writing your thesis with R Markdown (2) – Text, citations and equations
This is the second post in a short series of tutorials to write your thesis in Rmarkdown. You can find instructions on how to get started in the first post. Note that these tutorials were written by a Windows user, so if you are using a different operating system some details may differ. Welcome back […]
Tutorial: Running Rstudio in the NeCTAR cloud
One of my models is horribly slow and was going to take about two weeks to run. Although two week isn’t really that bad, I don’t like waiting… So I decided to try NeCTAR. Running my models on a Virtual Machine sounded like an excellent solution. Just one little issue: I had absolutely no idea […]
Detecting wildlife with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to learn more about best practice in detecting wildlife with camera traps. Here’s what I found. Camera traps are a useful monitoring tool that has become […]
ResBaz research tools
ResBaz, or Research Bazaar, was hosted this year for the first time at the University of Melbourne and I got to attend this awesome conference (so did a couple of other QAECOlogists, check Saras Windecker’s blogpst for an impression). ResBaz is all about open science, sharing, collaborating and getting the message out there. To make […]
Monitoring mammal populations with camera traps
I am researching how we can best use camera traps to monitor foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the mallee. I don’t know much about camera traps yet, so I decided to read how others have used camera traps to monitor mammal populations. Here’s what I found. What are camera traps?Camera traps are used to take picture […]