Computer Skills

Computer Skills for Research and Data Analysis

• Operating system (Windows)

• Basic Software: MS Office, (MS-Word, MS-Excel, Power Point etc.). 

• CANVA and PREZI software for preparing presentations.

• KAHOOT and QUIZZES for preparing and publishing quizzes.

• Wikipedia creation

• Website development

• Google Doc. handling

• E-content development

• References management Software: Mendeley, Zotero and Review manager.

• Mobile GIS using mobile apps viz. a viz. Q-field, ODK collect, LOCUS GIS, BHUVAN.

• Statistical Software:  SPSS, STATISTICA and PAST were used for performing parametric and nonparametric statistical tests. Both softwares were used extensively for data analysis in Gir. I also used ORIGIN Lab and SIGMA PLOT for graphical representation. 

• Ecological Software: The DISTANCE software programme is designed to analyse distance sampling surveys of wildlife populations. I used it for analysing road-vehicle-count data and point-count data for density estimation. I also used CALHOME and BIOTAS software to plot the home ranges of animals, draw movement patterns and assess habitat use by animals respectively. BIOTAS was also useful in the analysis and understanding of spatial and temporal data. LOAS software is designed to calculate locations from radio telemetry studies. With its combined spreadsheet and GIS interface, I found it easiest to use and it was found to be the most comprehensive radio telemetry software.  SCATMAN program is used to test the hypothesis of prey selectivity based on random samples of predator scats. The input file for this program consists of a list of prey species, a list of estimated densities, standard errors of estimated densities, scat production rates, and scat production variability. I also specified the number of bootstrap replications. ECOSIM programs for null model analysis in community ecology was used to calculate dietary niche overlap and niche width of animals. 

• GIS Software: Quantum GIS. ERDAS IMAGINE, ArcGIS.

• C-MAP for preparing flowcharts and text clouding.