Well, I finally turned in my NSF dissertation improvement grant that I had to write for my Processes of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology class! It was due at 5 pm today and I hit send on the e-mail just seconds before 5:01! Phew!
It is very uncustomary for a first semester grad student to have to write a grant like this, but I suppose it was a growing experience and I've learned a lot about the process.
One thing I realized is that I have a long way to go before I will be able to determine what kinds of statistical analyses to apply to my research. When I presented the material on experimental designs and statistical analyses, it seemed like such a neat little formula... all you have to know is if your independent variable and dependent variable are continuous or categorical and VOILA! you have the perfect recipe for your statistical analysis!
But it's not always that simple when you are trying to pick up a legacy project and work with a design that has been psuedoreplicated and has many uncontrollable confounding factors!
I still have so much to learn...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Posting Graphs From "R" to Your Blog For Dummies
Hello Everyone!
For those of you itching to post your graphs from "R" onto your blogs, here are the steps I took to do it (Be aware that there may be a more efficient way, but this is what has worked so far for me):
1) Create your graph in "R"
2) Right click the graph and select "copy as bitmap"
3) In the "Start" menu, select "Programs" and then "Accessories". Click on the "Paint" program.
4) In Paint, click on the "select" tool. It will look like a box made out of dotted lines (probably in the upper left hand corner of the sceen).
5) Right click in the center of the blank part of the screen and click paste.
At this point, your graph should appear on the screen. You can use the text and drawing tools in Paint to add more detail or explaination to your figures.
6) Save the file as a bitmap on your computer.
7) Sign in to your blog.
8) Click "View Blog"
9) In the top right corner, click on "Customize" (the location of this may vary depending on what layout you selected for your blog)
10) On the new page, click "Add a Page Element"
11) You will have several options to choose from. Select the "Add to Blog" option under the space designated to adding pictures.
12) Browse your files to find your graph the same way you would add an attachment to an e-mail. You also have the option of adding a title and comment on the picture.
13) Click "save" and "preview".
Voila! Your graph should be posted! :)
For those of you itching to post your graphs from "R" onto your blogs, here are the steps I took to do it (Be aware that there may be a more efficient way, but this is what has worked so far for me):
1) Create your graph in "R"
2) Right click the graph and select "copy as bitmap"
3) In the "Start" menu, select "Programs" and then "Accessories". Click on the "Paint" program.
4) In Paint, click on the "select" tool. It will look like a box made out of dotted lines (probably in the upper left hand corner of the sceen).
5) Right click in the center of the blank part of the screen and click paste.
At this point, your graph should appear on the screen. You can use the text and drawing tools in Paint to add more detail or explaination to your figures.
6) Save the file as a bitmap on your computer.
7) Sign in to your blog.
8) Click "View Blog"
9) In the top right corner, click on "Customize" (the location of this may vary depending on what layout you selected for your blog)
10) On the new page, click "Add a Page Element"
11) You will have several options to choose from. Select the "Add to Blog" option under the space designated to adding pictures.
12) Browse your files to find your graph the same way you would add an attachment to an e-mail. You also have the option of adding a title and comment on the picture.
13) Click "save" and "preview".
Voila! Your graph should be posted! :)
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