There are several definitions for the word Primer. Here I refer to it as any reference, be it a textbook or article, that introduces basic concepts of a topic.
Data science
- An introduction to ROC analysis
- Some Things Every Biologist Should Know about Machine Learning
- What is a hidden Markov model? (In addition, check this out.)
- Understanding SVD right down to the basics
- Data mining algorithms in R
- PCA for dummies
- Introduction to Data Technologies
Bioinformatics
- Ten Simple Rules collection
- Systems Administration technical guides
- A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub
- Ten simple rules for developing bioinformatics capacity at an academic institution
- Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research
- Ten simple rules for quick and dirty scientific programming
- A Quick Guide to Organizing Computational Biology Projects
- Communicating with a lay audience about scientific subjects
- RNA-Seq primer by Michele Busby.
- How Not to Be a Bioinformatician
- Core services: Reward bioinformaticians
Statistics
- Explaining Odds Ratios
- A biologist's guide to statistical thinking and analysis
- A beginners guide to interpreting odds ratios, confidence intervals and p values
- A Brief Introduction to Probability & Statistics
- Experimental design
Biology
- Error bars in experimental biology
- Introduction to Confocal Microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
- Long noncoding RNAs: the search for function
- Cre/lox breeding for dummies
- Single-cell sequencing
Miscellaneous
- Educational papers from Nature Biotechnology and PLoS Computational Biology
- Explained Visually is an experiment in making hard ideas intuitive
- Ten Simple Rules for Starting a Company
WHATABLOG!!! TOOGOOD!!
Dave, thanks a ton for your blog.
I am a data science instructor, and your blog is a fabulous resource.
I shall dip into it liberally for explanations and assignments!!
Please keep up the good work.