I'm just a PI, standing in front of his lab, asking them once again to please label things more specifically than "Abstract.docx" or "Grant.docx"

My birthday is in June, in case anyone is wondering..... Thanks for sharing @emilyafarris.bsky.social 😄 www.etsy.com/listing/1728...

One of my go-tos: "If no one's responsible for that task, that's exactly who does it" So much of data management (and a lot of other task-oriented stuff) is just roles and responsibilities

Today we're releasing AI for RStudio. It's really, really good—I'd encourage you to point it at the messiest data sources you have and see what it can do. www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-03...

At the beginning of a research project, it is important to assign and document roles, not just presume roles. Doing so helps team members know exactly what is expected of them, allows them to develop standardized workflows, as well as create contingency plans for continuity of practices.

Great thread here. Thanks to everyone that shared.

it's 2026! there are tons of kickass tools for composing text out there that aren't the thing that was state of the art in 1996! some great ones typora.io minimalist, attractive markdown editor ($15) quarto.org scientific and technical publishing ($0) zotero.org automatic citations & reflists ($0)

if there tiktok videos sending up your software, and they go uber-viral because *everyone has experienced your software doing what they're making fun of*, maybe it's, like, bad software?

Looking for insight 💡 What tools are people using these days to make external facing dashboards that are low/no cost and where are you hosting them?

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Someone please subscribe to RDMWeekly and get me off this number. 😅 rdmweekly.substack.com

For old times' sake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxdQ...

Someone please fund me to put together a measures bank where people in developmental science can search for commonly used scales and see how the items can be consistently named and coded? 🙏

We are covering 40 people's travel, lodging, and registration for posit::conf() this fall! If you are from a group that is underrepresented in data science or open source, please consider applying for the Opportunity Scholarship—we'd love to have you join. posit.co/blog/apply-t...

Issue 34 of #rdmweekly is out! 📬 ➡️ Updated Elements of an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan ➡️ Making Code Ready for Publication @tladeras.bsky.social ➡️10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research @researchdataall.bsky.social and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

I came across this platform that might be of interest to ed researchers. "A community-powered platform that helps educators, families, researchers, and leaders compare what's working (and what isn't) across real settings — and connect practice to credible evidence." educationanswers.org/help.html

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🐉Hey there to all my 5 followers! UAB is seeking a Systematic Review Librarian. Come work with me!! Learn more and apply here: uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/27128 #medlibs

It is NEVER too late to make a data dictionary. Sometimes it’s the only way to start working with an existing data set.

Duo Mobile: "Are you enjoying Duo Mobile?" Am I enjoying an authentication app? Such a strange question.

The data dictionary: A simple but effective way to plan, organize, validate, and document your data. datamgmtinedresearch.com/document#doc...

Planning my next conversation starter

@cghlewis.bsky.social do you have any recommendations for lightweight data dictionaries? I'm thinking about how you record the knowledge you build up over the course of analysis, particularly when the data comes to you only partially documented.

This is a dramatic update to the NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan template, effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2026. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

🎶 Here I go again on my own. Going down the only road I’ve ever known 🎶

I haven’t heard one word about AI since I’ve been in Costa Rica and it’s been amazing.

Join us in a few hours to watch Hadley Wickham live code! Featuring data from the TidyTuesday project, the new Posit AI in RStudio, and lots of good times. #RStats Sign up here: pos.it/dslab

Issue 33 of #rdmweekly is out! 📬 ➡️ Intervention to Improve Students’ Knowledge of OS Practices @heeminkang.bsky.social and co-authors ➡️ Framework for Transparent and Responsible AI Use Mapped to the Research Process ➡️Making Qualitative Data Reusable and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

So yeah, already fourth iteration of my Data Analysis with AI course. gabors-data-analysis.com/ai-course/ All open source. I have an intro overview of AI and its use in data. gabors-data-analysis.com/courses/da-w...

Grateful to everyone who has supported my open access work (blogs, resources, book, newsletter) by sharing, recommending, commenting, and through "buy me a coffee". As anyone who works on passion projects for free, we do it because we love it, but it is definitely nice to feel valued. Thank you!

I have continued to update my Data Consultants table. It currently includes 96 businesses. So if you are looking for help with data wrangling, visualization, analysis, reporting, dashboarding, training, and more, consider checking out these consultants! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

New preprint! 🎉 Led by @heeminkang.bsky.social, we found that a brief teaching intervention (20 min lecture + student activity) improved some aspects open science knowledge and attitudes in students taking an undergrad health psych course osf.io/preprints/ps...

@r-ladies-stl.bsky.social has two upcoming online events! 1. ChatGPT in RStudio with gptstudio: March 27th at 10am CST www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l... 2. Maps in R: April 9th at 6pm CST with @dgkeyes.com www.meetup.com/rladies-st-l... RSVP on meetup! #rstats

State of Open Data talk Brian Nosek brings up something I've been thinking about. Pre-AI - Benefits of data sharing often exceeded the costs (most people use your data for good) Post-AI - People have real concerns about how their open data will be used for things they don't ethically agree with

Outside of the brief overview provided, I'm not seeing any documentation provided with the State of Open Data shared data. :/ While the data files are fairly self explanatory, I don't see a codebook, details about the data collection effort, etc. Maybe I'm missing it? figshare.com/articles/dat...

In case you are looking for a valentine for that someone special.

Happy Love Data Week! 💘 Issue 32 of RDM Weekly is out! ➡️ Creating a Data Sharing Community @harvarddataverse.bsky.social ➡️ Affording Reusable Data @nature.com ➡️ README Checklist @christophscheuch.bsky.social ➡️ Project Management Tools and more! #rdmweekly rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

dplyr 1.2.0 was released last week and since I use {dplyr} a lot in my work, I wanted to take some time to try some of the new functions. This post provides some supplemental examples of the new functions, beyond what is provided in the new Posit materials. #rstats cghlewis.com/blog/dplyr_u...

Two screens, one project. Ever wanted to see a GitHub collaboration workflow, LIVE, and (almost) entirely in Positron? Join @libbyheeren.bsky.social and me at the Data Science Lab, where we show how to get started syncing, pulling, pushing, and reconciling with GitHub in Positron. pos.it/dslab

Do you all have a need to encrypt files you generate before sending? I’ve been working with honeycakefiles.com to protect files. Just seeing if there might be interest in an r package to use it to protect your files if I can get one put together (with permission of the company)? #rstats

Thank you so much to Theresa Stankov (Data Manager at @cos.io) for sharing Tools for Reproducible Data Pipelines with our Data Management Hub today! osf.io/ap3tk/files/...

dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

Can anyone suggest a good guides for using lab notebooks? (Like the traditional pen and paper bench scientist ones, not computational). Like I want to know what you're expected to write down, how you capture and transform the really important stuff, how you refer back to them etc etc

"If a dataset is confusing to a human analyst, it will be opaque to a language model. If the logic behind a metric lives only in someone’s head, an AI agent has no way to recover it. In that sense, AI does not lower the bar for data quality—it raises it."

Issue 31 of RDM Weekly is out! 📬 ➡️ OS resources in Comm Sciences @csdisseminate.bsky.social ➡️ RDA 25th Plenary Meeting Programme @researchdataall.bsky.social ➡️ Ask for R Help by Creating a Small Reproducible Example @libdrstats.bsky.social and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

Good news: The posit::conf(2026) Call for Talks has been extended to Friday, February 20! Join us in Houston to share your work with the R & Python community. 🎤 Speakers receive: Professional coaching, free conference pass, travel assistance Submit your 20-min talk proposal: pos.it/conf-talk-2026

Hi folks! For a methods validation paper, we're looking for a large, cross-sectional, psychometric dataset that will show considerable heterogeneity in item responses, preferably, based on different classes/clusters/groups of people. Open access optimal, but if you have one you'd share w me ...