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Choosing the right statistical method can feel like navigating a maze. The journey begins with finding a promising tool, then working out how to use it—often through books, online searches, or help files. This process can be slow and frustrating, especially if you start down the wrong path. A statistician or knowledgeable colleague can help, but not everyone has that option.

Imagine instead a clear, engaging live video where experts like Dr Alain F. Zuur and Dr Elena N. Ieno explain statistical techniques in simple terms. Learning about a method, its key ideas, and how to apply it could make your analysis much easier.

We regularly offer free live Zoom sessions covering key statistical methods. You can join in, ask questions via the chatbox, and make sense of the statistical maze in a more interactive and enjoyable way.

Below, you’ll find details of our upcoming sessions.

Details upcoming free Zoom sessions

Zero-inflated GLM and GLMM for the analysis of count data.

• Date and time: Tuesday 22 April 2025; 14.00- 17.00 UK time.
• Outline: We start with a brief revision of the Poisson, negative binomial and Bernoulli distributions. We then discuss how these distributions are used in Poisson, negative binomial and Bernoulli generalised linear models (GLM) and generalised linear mixed-effects models (GLMM). We will use one case study to show how one can decide whether a GLM(M) or generalised additive mixed effects model (GAMM) can cope with a data set that contains an excessive number of zeros.

Multivariate GLM using GLLVM

• Date and time: Tuesday 26 May 2025; 14.00- 16.00 UK time.
• We will explain generalised linear latent variable models (GLLVM). A GLLVM is a GLM (or GLMM) in which multiple response variables are analysed simultaneously, while allowing for dependency between the response variables and also between the observations. 
• We will show a case study.

Seminars that we ran in the past (see 'Access seminar recordings' in the menu on the left):

• Data exploration.
• Analysing proportional data using beta and ordered beta GLM.
• What is a Tweedie GLM?
• What is a linear mixed-effects model? 
• Fitting a regression model with spatial correlation using R-INLA. 

General information

From April 2024, we will record our seminars and upload the videos, R code, and a discussion board for seminar-related questions on our website. For a one-time fee of £25, you’ll get unlimited access to all past, and future seminars, as long as we continue running them. This fee helps cover costs, as we are charged each time a video is viewed.

Our live seminars are non-mathematical and hosted on Zoom, which has a 300-participant limit. Registration does not guarantee entry—once 300 people have joined, Zoom blocks further access. The meeting opens at 13:45, so please log in early. If you’re locked out, email us, and we may schedule another session.

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