Ever run `filter()` and wonder which one #RStats is actually using, dplyr or stats? The {conflicted} package makes it crystal clear by forcing you to choose. No more accidental surprises. 🖇️ conflicted.r-lib.org 📋 www.tidyverse.org/blog/2018/06...

I should probably get better about checking my calendar every morning. I feel like I am constantly mid-coding when I get a pop up reminder about a meeting in 5 minutes and then I'm like, "oh snap, I need to brush my hair!"

While Positron is a great product, one of the most reassuring things I heard from posit::conf (that I know will reassure others as well) is that if you are solely an R user a) you don't really *need* to switch to Positron and b) RStudio is not going anywhere! Posit will continue to support it.

Our next meetup will be Wednesday Oct 29th at 6pm CST! Efficient File Management in R with {fs} with @jadeynryan.bsky.social www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l...

Great thread to learn more about Tidyverse Dev Day 👇

My kid: Have you ever heard of Smashing Pumpkins? You should listen to them. They’re good. Me:

I'm considering writing a proposal for R Consortium ISC funding to write a free & open source book on LLMs/AI in R. Advice out there is scattered between different resources. Wondering if this is something the wider #rstats community would be interested in, & what folks would like to see in there?

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

New code review response just dropped:

Kind words from a recent connection “I have been going through your wonderful book. I am going to assign readings from your book to my students. I am currently teaching a course where the students conduct a research project with a client. There is so much here that is relevant to their process.”

Do the #databs community (and yourself) a favor this week and comment on the posts of others. If all we ever do is *post things* and expect others to respond, but never respond ourselves, then we're just a bunch of randos shouting into a void! Ask someone a question this week 🤔

Has anyone liked or disliked any particular training resources for machine learning in Stata? Courses, videos... If not in Stata, then in Python or R but pitched towards people trained in econometrics?

Applications are now open for our next cohort of the Data Management for Data Sharing workshop, funded by NIH! Come join us for 5 days of learning in Nashville next June! Learn more: lnkd.in/p/gA_JAdmy Apply: datamanagementdatasharing.weebly.com/upcoming-wor...

Coming soon! The Data Management Workbook by @kbriney.bsky.social 📖 Learn more and preorder your copy ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3bkdjce6 #datamanagement #dataanalysis #statistics #researchdata

I love posit::conf because you are surrounded by brilliant people using R/Python to make really fancy models, and dashboards, and visualizations. Yet when someone asks me what I do and I say I just help people organize data for a living, literally every person acknowledges how important that is. 🧹

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

The equivalent of the Bechdel test for a tech-ish event is “is there a line for the womens bathroom?” and #positconf just passed with flying colours 😅

I loved the "Hmmmmmm" in the crowd when @jcheng5.bsky.social showed this data quality problem uncovered by the #positron Databot tool. No human caught this during the Tidy Tuesday for the data. I've been skeptical of AI for data analysis, but this is an extremely compelling use case. 🫣

If you're a linked in person like myself

Successful first day at #positconf2025

Landed in Atlanta for posit::conf(2025)! ✈️ Excited to catch up with old friends & meet new ones! I also have consulting capacity available for 2026; if you'd like to talk about working together, get in touch. Also on lookout for collabs; main focuses: 1. Arrow / Parquet / DuckDB 2. LLMs in R

@3mmarand.bsky.social was so kind to bring us all sweets for our #positconf25 workshop. 🍬

NGL, that took way longer than expected. Anyway, #blueksky here's my new website that you all helped me get designed and developed: www.gilesd-j.com

I'll be at the Package Manager booth all day Wednesday and Thursday if you want to chat about public sector data science, package management, whiskey, coffee, tea, photography, bags, audio, the philosophical differences between science and software dev, parenting teenagers, or copperhead snakes.

RDM Weekly Issue 13 is out! 📫 It includes: - What's in a README? @datadryad.bsky.social - Third Party Data to Strengthen Federal Data @urbaninstitute.bsky.social - Primer for Data Harmonization @nature.com - Education Data Analysis Using #rstats and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

Yo yo! Virtual day for #PositConf2025 tomorrow. Libby ( @libbyheeren.bsky.social ) and I are hosting the data science trivia. Compete for the swag! Swag, swag, swag! More info: posit.co/blog/posit-c...

In honor of heading to posit::conf tomorrow, I’m bringing this one back out. Please say hi if you’re there too.

LINK ROT: 38% webpages that existed in 2013 were no longer available 10 years later. Even among pages that existed in 2021, 22% no longer accessible just two years later. This is often because individual page was deleted or removed on otherwise functional website. Many implications for knowledge 🧪

I'm going to dip my toes back into the AI space. Whats the current tech stack for #rstats ? is it ellmer? I'm basically looking to incorporate AI into rstudio so I can directly query code to an ai engine

Can't wait to see everyone at posit::conf(2025)!! Here's my annual "things to do" list for food, coffee, bakeries, and bars near conf! #positconf2025 #rstats docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My weekly newsletter is out! This week's agenda: 🔹 Open Source of the Week - ggplot2 new release 🔹 New learning resources 🔹 Book of the week - Regression and Other Stories ramikrispin.substack.com/p/the-ggplot... #rstats #python #ai #datascience

📱EMA is increasingly used in intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. But EMA is relatively burdensome. What's the added value? We tried to address this question in our new paper now out @jmirpub.bsky.social www.jmir.org/2025/1/e69297 1/n

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There is something beautiful about taking a dataset that is 1,261 variables wide (with variables repeating over and over for different organizations) and is very overwhelming to read and use and transforming that into a long format dataset with one row for each organization. 🥰 #rstats #pivot_longer

Freelancer's Guide to Upwork from Bryce Chamberlain 👇 www.techbybryce.com/blog/freelan...

Well I love games and I love free swag (especially free #rstats swag) so I'm pumped for this!

Authors and peer reviewers are failing to disclose the use of LLMs despite journal policies limiting their use go.nature.com/4pxVmtc

Does a data science manager need to be a former data science practitioner in order to be a good leader? In order to empathize, guide, and direct efforts? #databs

The recording from our meetup yesterday is up on YouTube now! R You Triggered? Using R to Find Words That Sink Grants www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc9v...

Why Teachers Say Yes (or No) to Research Participation—and What Researchers Can Learn From It From SRI International studentbehaviorblog.org/why-teachers...

Although I feel very fortunate to stay busy with my freelancing work, I do miss having time to share knowledge through things like presentations and blog posts. It's been almost a year since I was a guest on the @rfortherestofus.com, but it was a fun time! cghlewis.com/talks/rforre...

The #DataBS Conf draft schedule (sans time assignments, and maybe a straggler or two) has been posted! databsconf.com/schedule/ Now is the time to get hyped and grab a ticket to attend the online-online event Wed Sept 24! tickets: ti.to/databsconf/d...

👀 A Guide to Developing Harmonized Research Workflows in a Team Science Context doi.org/10.1016/j.ex...

Sometimes you just need to add a quick row of data to your data frame in #rstats. tibble::add_row() can help

i'm sure astrology and myers-briggs are cool sources for "I know it doesn't mean anything but it's kinda fun" but HAVE you tried looking at the crosstabs for indefensibly small subgroups

People keep telling me they can't afford to attend #PositConf2025 next week, so I need to make a public service announcement: attending virtually is very affordable (or free!) & is amazing! Get registered & hangout with me on the Discord server!! #databs #rstats #python

I don't typically work in Excel, but I'm using it for a task right now. Appreciate you, Claude, for validating my feelings here...

Issue 12 of RDM Weekly is out! 📫 It includes: - Navigating Open Research for Early Career Researchers from CONUL Research Group - Shaping Responsible AI @researchdataall.bsky.social - Beginner’s Guide to Web Scraping in Python @spsanderson.com and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...