University of Alabama Resources

The University and the Graduate School offers a variety of resources to students. This is NOT a complete list. Here are some commonly needed links:
* list of commonly used links for BSC grad students: bsc.ua.edu/graduate/forms-for-graduate-students/
* BSC graduate student handbook: here
* Grad catalogue listings for BSC department:
      * MSc
      * PhD
* Graduate School Student support programs: here

Lab-specific Resources

* Plan for Safe and Inclusive Work: working draft here
* Lab guidelines: here
* Interesting readings:

1. Steel EA, Kennedy MC, Cunningham PG, Stanovick JS (2013) Applied statistics in ecology: common pitfalls and simple solutions. Ecosphere 4(9):115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00160.1
2. Kass RE, Caffo BS, Davidian M, Meng X-L, Yu B, Reid N (2016) Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice. PLoS Comput Biol 12(6): e1004961. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004961.
3. Dushoff, J, Kain, MP, Bolker, BM. I can see clearly now: Reinterpreting statistical significance. Methods Ecol Evol. 2019; 10: 756–759. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13159
4. Baker, M (2016) Statisticians issue warning over misuse of P values. Nature. 2016 Mar 10;531(7593):151. doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.19503.
5. Nuzzo R (2014) Scientific method: statistical errors. Nature. 2014 Feb 13;506(7487):150-2. doi: 10.1038/506150a.
6. Wasserstein, R., Schirm, A. and Lazar, N. (2019) Editorial: “Moving to a World Beyond ‘p < 0.05’”, The American Statistician 73(S1): 1-19.
7. Harrison XA, Donaldson L, Correa-Cano ME, Evans J, Fisher DN, Goodwin CED, et al. (2018) A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology. Peerj. https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3113v2 
8. Bolker, B.M., Brooks, M.E., Clark, C.J., Geange, S.W., Poulsen, J.R., Stevens, M.H.H. and White, J.S.S. (2009) Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Trends in ecology & evolution, 24(3):127-135.