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Monthly Archives: February 2012
When I see an elephant cooperate
“I may have seen a horsefly, yea I’ve seen a dragonfly, but I ain’t never seen an elephant fly.”-from Disney’s “Dumbo” (my favorite movie at age 1). But have you seen an elephant cooperate? Cooperation is problematic for biologists. While Darwin … Continue reading
Dissertation data analysis 1.0: A list of useful computer programs for primatology graduate students
While I have been working full-time on my dissertation for the past 1.5 years (the bulk of it being fieldwork 2010-11 and more recently lab work), I’ve recently been diving headfirst into my behavioral data. My progress in this venture … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, applications, computer programs, MATLAB, Mendeley, NetLogo, R, research, RStudio, Sente, UCINET
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A return to blogging and my secret identity revealed!
After many months of slow and steady progress on my dissertation, I’ve decided to return to the blog. It’s a decision that’s weighed on me more than I expected (kept my return on hiatus) for several reasons. First, while I … Continue reading
