Primer

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