Mixed Models

This module will introduce you to using mixed models.

Learning Outcomes:

• Able to articulate when to use mixed models
• Create simple mixed models in R

Activities

• Presentation: Mixed Models
• Example: Linear mixed models with synthetic data in R
• Optional Reading (at least scan to see all the equations): Generalized Additive Models with Spatio-temporal Data
• Optional: Spatial Tutorial

Lab

Work on projects

Additional Papers on Mixed Models

• Optional Reading: The Influence of Environmental Variables on the Presence of White Sharks, Carcharodon carcharias at Two Popular Cape Town Bathing Beaches: A Generalized Additive Mixed Model