Let's try something new: *7 days, 7 statistical misconceptions*. Over the next 7 days I'll post about 1 statistical misconception a day. Curious to hear your favorite #statsmisconceptions, so feel free to add you own to this thread

89% of introduction to psychology textbooks define or explain significance testing incorrectly journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

R for criminology r4crim.com/index.html

Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript elifesciences.org/articles/48175 #rstats #python #phdchat

New population data from the NSW-CDS: Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia. ⁦Tyson Whitten⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Thanks Scomo for hijacking national TV and trying to convince us you’re not completely useless...

We’re launching a dedicated shopping hour in our stores to help support the needs of the elderly & people with disability in the community. From tomorrow until at least friday, we’ll be opening exclusively for them to shop from 7-8am, where permitted.

Simulation: Number of infected cases with random movement vs. distancing. #FlattenTheCurve reddit.com/r/dataisbeauti…

You really need to read this. If the US don't do a serious lockdown for 3-7 weeks, we are facing a calamity, with millions dead. If we try a shorter, half-assed lockdown to 'save the economy', we doom too many people, then the economy collapses anyway. medium.com/@tomaspueyo/co…

This truly is the darkest timeline.

Our paper recently published in Child Abuse & Neglect getting some twitter time. System-wide capacity to prevent child maltreatment? We need a strategically designed, intelligent information infrastructure to help us know what works

A mindblowing shift for life-course criminology. Is the current crop of emerging adults (18-25) just exceptionally law-abiding? Is age-graded enforcement changing? Or is the life course itself (and the putatively invariable relation between age and crime) moving beneath our feet?

#BREAKING: The ABC understands 723 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed overnight. It is the highest daily tally of the pandemic.

1/ Kenosha Shootings: The same event The same set of pictures The same set of videos The same available audio The same timeline The same available set of facts.... Two completely different conclusions. Let's talk about why. A thread🧵

Journalists Rush To Get Story Out Before It Can Be Ruined By The Facts buff.ly/32zp3Am

I'm trying to understand academics, so if a journal publishes your research, you pay them $1,000. Then they make more money by selling your research, but instead of giving you back some money, you get prestige points & if you get enough prestige points, you get to keep your job?

Israeli data show the 3rd vaccine dose again reduce risk of infection by 10-20x — and that’s for Delta!

Medellin, Colombia has 100s of powerful gangs, but still went from one of the most violent cities in the world to homicide rates far lower than that of St Louis, Baltimore or Detroit. What happened? The story here: great success, but at a terrible & hidden price. A 🧵

it’s incredible how reading this feels like finally unlocking 100% of your brain (via @christophepas)