F**k my life

Stats consulting is constantly like: Them: I want you to run (complex stats) Me: OK, what's your research question though? Them: ...A (complex stat)? Me: Research question? Them: You know, like the stats in this journal article. Something reviewers will like.

Masha Gessen: “And this is why we compare. To prevent what we know can happen from happening. To make "Never Again" a political project rather than a magic spell. And if we compare compellingly and bravely, then, in the best case scenario, the comparison is proven wrong.”

Maybe that‘s a feature, not a bug. I have the feeling that having a public audience does not always bring out the best in us…

#scisky: What are (at leat somewhat) reputable scientific endeavours / research programmes of today that scientists of tomorrow might deem utterly unscientific?

These technologies "are supposed to be so democratized and universal, but they’re so heavily influenced by one person... Everything they do is [framed as] a step toward...larger greatness and the transformation of society". But they're just "cults of personality”. Well said, Noah Giansiracusa

#scisky: What are (at leat somewhat) reputable scientific endeavours / research programmes of today that scientists of tomorrow might deem utterly unscientific?

Saw some revived discourse on twitter about using data twice (why not more?!!) and came here instead to remind you that we talk about it in this paper. Don't believe when someone says "you can't do that"! Ask "why?" 🧪 #metasci #stats royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

We reviewed 100 psych. simulation studies & find room for improvement in planning/reporting. As a remedy, we (František Bartoš, @timpmorris.bsky.social Anne-Laure Boulesteix, @danielheck.bsky.social & Samuel Pawel) present ADEMP-PreReg, a simulation study preregistration & reporting template 🧵/1

1/ Statistics do not simply reflect reality, but reconstruct it. A recent episode in Switzerland illustrates this nicely. The Swiss Federal Statistical Office made a mistake: They incorrectly aggregated the results of the most recent parliamentary elections.

1/ Statistics do not simply reflect reality, but reconstruct it. A recent episode in Switzerland illustrates this nicely. The Swiss Federal Statistical Office made a mistake: They incorrectly aggregated the results of the most recent parliamentary elections.

Ooooh I almost forgot this fantastic blog post by @jbakcoleman.bsky.social joebakcoleman.com/blog/2023/pc...

New paper with @ianhussey.bsky.social @taymalsalti.bsky.social @rubenarslan.bsky.social. Most measures are only used once or twice, w/o agreement on gold standards - a serious barrier to cumulative science. that leads to lots of papers without meaningful progress. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Theory matters. Models matter. Assumptions and assumption violations matter. Methods are not equivalent in their assumptions or statistical guarantees. We do not have the luxury of making inference in a vacuum. That's also why reproducibility/replicability doesn't mean what people think it means.

I misread it as "How to make a Friend on BlueSky" and got really hopeful for a split second

#HiSciSky! Here for #stats and #metascience, especially in #biology and #biomedicine.