=====Required probability and R preparation=====
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  * It is critical that campers arrive at the course prepared with a basic background in probability.  Why? Because this lets us spend our time at Camp on Bayesian statistics and its application to the scientific context.  Please go through the following [[:summer_course:stats_prob_background_information|Probability material]] prior to camp. 
  * Also important is that you have some familiarity with the [[:summer_course:R_background_information|statistical language R]]. See [[:courses_and_camp:camp2014:required_software|this page]] for more info on software installation.

**//If you have questions about the material, please post to the [[https://piazza.com/nd/summer2014/ps101/home|Piazza discussion board]].//**
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=====Other Required Readings=====
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{{summer_course:Clark2007.pdf|Clark et al 2007 Ecological Apps. Tree growth inference and prediction from diameter censuses and ring widths}}

{{:courses_and_camp:camp2014:33-pce12043.pdf|Dietze et al. 2013 Improving communication between models & data}}

{{:courses_and_camp:camp2014:prentice1988veghist_principlespollen.pdf|Prentice 1988 Theory of pollen analysis}}

{{:courses_and_camp:camp2014:smith_and_lewis_2007_dendrochronology.pdf|Smith, D. and Lewis, D. (2006), Dendrochronology. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Elsevier.}}
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