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ASReml User Tutorials
The ASReml contributed tutorials are produced by users of ASReml and are freely made available for the ASReml user community. Each tutorial comprises a set of downloads including an audio commentary and accompanying documentation describing how to perform particular tasks within ASReml. To view the tutorials you will require Windows Media Player or similar software. There are four sets of tutorials with example data sets available:- Tutorial A - Getting Started
- Tutorial B - Animal breeding applications
- Tutorial C - Plant applications
- Tutorial D - Modelling
- Example data sets
Tutorial A - Getting Started
This tutorial consists of six sessions providing a general introduction to ASReml.
| Session | File | Size |
| Installing ASReml and editors you might use | A0Start.mp3 | 4.3 MB |
| Operational concepts behind ASReml with a simple example | A1Intro.mp3 | 7.2 MB |
| Job control commands to run ASReml | A2RunASReml.mp3 | 7.4 MB |
| How variables and factors are defined in ASReml | A3DataDefn.mp3 | 13.4 MB |
| Pedigree files, data files, some basic qualifiers and TABULATE | A4Files.mp3 | 8.9 MB |
| Syntax to specify the terms in the linear mixed model | A5Model.mp3 | 7.4 MB |
| Slides (pdf format) | ASRemlTutorialA.pdf | 4.3 MB |
| Slides (postscript format) | ASRemlTutorialA.ps | 3.5 MB |
Tutorial B - Animal breeding applications
This tutorial consists of four sessions covering basic animal breeding applications.
| Session | File | Size |
| The mixed model equations notation | B1Matrix.mp3 | 8.0 MB |
| Simple sire model example | B2Harvey.mp3 | 9.0 MB |
| The equivalent animal model | B3Animal.mp3 | 9.4 MB |
| Bivariate model | B4Bivariate.mp3 | 12.4 MB |
| Slides (pdf format) | ASRemlTutorialB.pdf | 2.8 MB |
| Slides (postscript format) | ASRemlTutorialB.ps | 2.3 MB |
Tutorial C - Plant applications
This tutorial consists of four sessions covering basic plant applications.
| Session | File | Size |
| Variance structures | C1VStruct.mp3 | 10.3 MB |
| Spatial analysis of field experiments | C2Spatial.mp3 | 10.9 MB |
| Analysis of a trial conducted at three sites | C3MET.mp3 | 7.5 MB |
| Repeated measures | C4RepeatMeasures.mp3 | 10.8 MB |
| Slides (pdf format) | ASRemlTutorialC.pdf | 2.9 MB |
| Slides (postscript format) | ASRemlTutorialC.ps | 2.3 MB |
Tutorial D - Modelling
This tutorial consists of three sessions covering generalized linear models, analysis of variance and prediction.
| Session | File | Size |
| Generalized linear models | D1GLM.mp3 | 7.6 MB |
| Analysis of variance | D2ANOVA.mp3 | 13.9 MB |
| Prediction from linear mixed models | D3Predict.mp3 | 15.2 MB |
| Slides (pdf format) | ASRemlTutorialD.pdf | 2.5 MB |
| Slides (postscript format) | ASRemlTutorialD.ps | 1.9 MB |
Data Files
The example data sets used for all the tutorials are contained within a single zip file.
Download: exercise.zip