Training

Surprisingly few organisations invest in training their staff in understanding the purpose and principles of data collection, its analysis, and interpretation. As a consequence:

• Field staff are often disengaged with data and its meaning
• Staff are not equipped to analyse and evaluate the data
• Managers fail to base their decisions on the evidence
• Organisations persist with ineffectual activities, work programs, and strategies while abandoning effective ones

R for reproducibility

We are shameless advocates of Program R, a free statistical programming environment and offer training in it. We enthusiastically recommend:

• R for Conservation and Development Projects as a useful introductory text
• RStudio as a free, integrated development environment
• Shiny for the production of organisational dashboards
  

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At Reproducible we offer tailored training modules for general staff, decision makers, and early career technical staff.