Workshop in Cambodia, September 14 to 16, 2015
Training Workshop on Intermediate Statistical Analysis in "R" for Forest Resource Management
From September 14 to 16, 2015, the "Training Workshop on Intermediate Statistical Analysis in "R" for Forest Resource Management" was held at MoU signing research Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This workshop was co-sponsored and organized by Risk Analysis Research Center, ISM, and the Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development, Cambodia. The workshop was built on the previous workshop held on February, 2015 and August, 2015 with the aim of developing human resources involved in the implementation of forest resources management in Cambodia. It was targeted at individuals with some experience using the R software in our previous workshops.
In the morning of the first day, exercise problems were assigned to the participants to review basic topics covered in previous workshops. In the afternoon, solutions for the problems were provided and discussed. Then, simple growth functions were introduced, and the participants explored the parameters for those models. On the second day, after reviewing the materials covered during the first day, the participants further leaned about the regression models by changing the parameters, and observed the effect of the change in the parameters. The participants then leaned about single and multiple regression models. On the last day of the workshop, the participants learned about nonlinear regression models. The workshop ended successfully with the completion ceremony where each participant received a certificate of completion. This was the fourth year since this annual workshop started in 2011, and this year the whole session was able to operate smoothly because all participants were asked to attend a pre-training session with researchers of the Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development in Phnom Penh before they could join the workshop. All participants expressed their interest looking forward to an event in the following year. The workshop was run mainly by the Institute of Forest and Wildlife Research and Development Forestry Administration, Acting Director of Cambodia, Dr. Sokh Heng, and Ms. Lim Sopheap.
Workshop participants