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title: "A Quick Introduction to bbsBayes"
author: "Adam C. Smith, and Brandon P.M. Edwards"
date: "2021-08-11T15:35:59Z"
tags: [Package, Github, Bayesian, Models]
link: "https://bookdown.org/adam_smith2/bbsbayes_intro_workshop/"
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This is a document to support a ~2hr workshop. [...] This is a 2-hour introductory workshop/demonstration of the R-package bbsBayes (https://github.com/BrandonEdwards/bbsBayes). This package allows anyone to apply the hierarchical Bayesian models used to estimate status and trends from the North American Breeding Bird Survey. The package also lets the user generate a suite of alternative metrics using the existing model output from the annual CWS analyses. Everyone is welcome! Some familiarity working with R is required if you’d also like to run the code yourself during the workshop, and the ...
