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COURSE DESCRIPTION - Take your multivariate analysis skills to the next level by building upon the professional understanding and capability attained in MECA I.  This course takes you through the defensible ten-step process for performing, interpreting, and communicating defensible analyses for the most widely used free ordination techniques (PCA, NMS, NMS Scores), classification procedures (Cluster Analysis, TWCA), group testing tools (MRPP, PerMANOVA, SumF, ISA), association assessments (Mantel Test, Compare Scores), and trait analyses (functional diversity metrics, FCA).  Plus, the strengths and weaknesses of other commonly encountered tools (e.g., RA, DCA, TWINSPAN, PCoA, dbRDA) are explored, tips are given on how to apply and interpret graphing tools to ordination diagrams, and the procedure for bootstrapping multivariate analyses is outlined.

 

This is a 1-credit equivalent academic course (16 contact hrs + additional work) where you learn at your own pace over 3 months.

DATES
Course materials are available for 3 months: June 2 - August 24, 2025

COST
Price starts at $450 for professionals; students start at $350.

16 Continuing Education Credits included for FREE

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https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/meca-ii

Click HERE to learn more about our multi-option Professional Certification Program. 
 
CWS also offers a professional certificate in Applied Quantitative Ecology.

 

All courses in this program are graduate level and are designed for full-time researchers, graduate students, environmental consultants, conservation specialists, and resource management practitioners. Taught by leading experts in their fields, participants will learn job-ready skills, including how to properly design field studies and controlled experiments, organize and visualize data, and become proficient in a variety of statistical analyses and modeling techniques to answer important environmental questions.
 
To learn more and apply, please visit: https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/applied-quantitative-ecology

CENTER FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose global mission is to provide accessible environmental education and promote wildlife conservation through science.