Bioinformatics statistics recommendations

[tracykteal]

We're not going to have a chance to teach statistics in the Genomics Data Carpentry workshop, but it would be nice to have some resources to point people towards.

Do people have recommendations for books, courses or web tutorials for statistics as related to issues and questions in bioinformatics?

[crazyhottommy]

Hi Tracy,

I like this a lot http://genomicsclass.github.io/book/ they have videos on edx https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/PH525.1x/1T2015/info https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/PH525.3x/1T2015/info

[jrherr]

The first thing that came to my mind is this thread on biostars, which is a bit dated (5 1/2 years!), but still really useful.

CRAN has a few good publications in PDF format - The following two are a bit dated, but I have used them in the past:

• Statistics Using R with Biological Examples
• Applied Statistics for Bioinformatics using R

Books related to R is really useful but a bit daunting.

I have this course page bookmarked: R for Large Data & Bioinformatics. It's been useful for me to reference.

Lastly, the Use R! series from Springer offers free PDFs for those with academic access, and there are a handful of titles pertinent to biological data. This is one of my favorites in the series: Primer to Analysis of Genomic Data Using R

I'm sure there are a ton more, but these are the things just off the top of my head that have been useful for me when wrangling biological data in R.

[joschif]

Here's another current one I found quite useful for building statistical intuition in a bioinformatics context: Modern Statistics for Modern Biology

As for online courses, although mostly not specifically related to bioinformatics, DataCamp is a great resource for all things data analysis.