Tom Godfrey

Did you find the ggsurvfit package?

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Yeah perhaps the purpose is not so much revenue generation as reducing inequality/shaping what kind of society we live in

‘these things’ as in AI models

Musk, Bezos, this guy… what’s the obsession with space? when there are complex social and environmental problems that it would be great to solve/ameliorate if you have lots of money/these things are so great

God vs the Devil is a stark contrast to choose

Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers.

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

Great piece and also a reminder that Blockbusters/cable TV were also not much loved by consumers - I love that internally Blockbusters described their business model as one of “managed dissatisfaction.”

Hi Ed, welcome

Also if you want to see works from non-English speakers you need to go into your settings and make sure there's nothing listed under Content Languages. By default it will have your primary language selected meaning you won't see posts from other languages, so make sure to unmark that!

Oh hey reminder to go into settings -> languages -> content languages and make sure there’s none selected so you can see your non-English speaking friends’ posts

Screenshot of R code: > Sys.setenv(TZ="UTC") > difftime(Sys.Date(), as.Date("1970-01-01")) Time difference of 20000 days >

Say hello to day 20,000 (since the epoch). #rstats

On #Brexit.

ITV: You told us that we should do this and you hadn't devoted any serious thought to what came next.

BJ: I wanted to win an argument... What we expected was that the Cameron gov't would bring forward a white paper.

Just rage-inducing. ~AA

This will never end, for the most predictable reasons ever. x.com/statsepi/sta...

10 million!

If you're reading this, you're one of the first 10 million users on Bluesky!

Se você está lendo isso, você é um dos primeiros 10 milhões de usuários do Bluesky!

Some statistical aspects of the Covid-19 response This paper discusses some statistical aspects of the U.K. Covid-19 pandemic response, focussing particularly on cases where we believe that a statistically questionable approach or presentation...

This is a fascinating look at some of the statistical issues related to COVID-19, regardless of whether you agree with the overall argument or not.

#stats

arxiv.org/abs/2409.06473

YouTube video by SciPy Keynote: Julia Silge - The Right Tool for the Job | SciPy 2024

I just noticed that the talks from SciPy 2024 are available! 🙌

Check out my keynote on using multiple languages for scientific computing:
youtu.be/MVuxbtERZMI

Systemic and leadership failures at so many levels it’s hard to digest

I asked my younger brother ‘How’s uni going?’, thinking to hear how exciting and stimulating it was, and his first and main response was “I’m not sure it’s worth it”

Bluesky is currently ranked 1st in the App Store

It’s not a subcategory ranking, it’s the *global* ranking 🤯

A First Course in Causal Inference I developed the lecture notes based on my ``Causal Inference'' course at the University of California Berkeley over the past seven years. Since half of the students were undergraduates, my lecture...

If you want a sneak peak of the whole book: arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793

I prefer physical copies, but I won't hold it against anyone who prefers electronic versions.

YouTube video by Richard McElreath Statistical Rethinking 2023 - 06 - Good & Bad Controls

As a sparkly citizen of the world, you must defend yourself against research. You need it, but you can't assume peer review works. But a little knowledge goes a long way. Here is a 15 min video of me explaining one of the most common fallacies, "TABLE 2" #stats: youtu.be/uanZZLlzKHw?...

Regression without regrets –initial data analysis is a prerequisite for multivariable regression - BMC Medical Research Methodology Statistical regression models are used for predicting outcomes based on the values of some predictor variables or for describing the association of an outcome with predictors. With a data set at hand,...

Happy to present this NEW PAPER of the
STRATOS initiative on 'Regression without regrets: Initial data analysis is a prerequisite for multivariable regression'
bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A small thing in the great scheme of things, but a good thing.

Twitter alternative? News publishers see potential in Bluesky Twitter alternative Bluesky may still be a minnow among the social media giants, but news publishers appear to see potential in the platform.

A really good article in @pressgazette.co.uk about BlueSky’s growth, its appeal and why it’s gradually becoming an alternative platform for news outlets. Interesting stat too: BlueSky has had 36,000 new users from the UK join in the last fortnight👇

A chart showing activity from various countries on Bluesky. The UK, in blue, is experiencing a huge spike.

Oh hello Britain 😳

That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.

Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download

I’m not a real statistician, and you can be one too I was strolling around Cork hand-in-hand with Cara on a bright, Irish summer evening. It was the finest place on earth. I was in a suit and tie - untucked, unbuttoned and loose, except for my dress sh...

Becoming your own statistician/data-analyst, and why that matters.

statsepi.substack.com/p/im-not-a-r...

3 hour workshop for 2021 Leipzig Spring School in Methods for the Study of Culture and the Mind. Outline, slides, and code at https://github.com/rmcelreath/c... Science Before Statistics: Causal Inference

Causal salad, causal design, causal inference. I did a 3 hour workshop in Leipzig yesterday on causal inference, aka why your regressions are garbage lolsob. Here below a recording of me covering the same content, I promise it's not boring #stats 🧪 (Link to slides/code github.com/rmcelreath/c...)

News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions NEW YORK—Calling out the unsustainable pace at which historic events seemed to be occurring, local man Brad Gifford told reporters Monday that important news stories were now happening faster than he could generate uninformed opinions about them. “Look, I’m trying my hardest to scrape together

News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions. “It’s getting harder and harder to come up with enough incoherent perspectives to meet the moment.” [theonion.com]