Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill. Here is how the study was designed and what we found (including a result that really surprised me): 🧵

We find all these human remains in caves, therefore early humans must have live primarily in caves

The PhD Place It’s basically like dying but documenting the process.

Leonardo Jo Thanks for the idea! Just put together as a simple guide on Medium article! nalinan.medium.com/how-to-vectori…

Universities will be like “I know we have a preferred internal candidate, but wouldn’t it be funny if we got 450 people’s hopes up?”

Finally reading Rosenbaum's Observation and Experjment. Good book. hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

Many of my students struggle with the distinction between Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). To clarify, we use an interactive #Python dashboard that fits parameters to a Gaussian distribution based on a given dataset. This visual approach

a visual explanation of the affordance concept of Gibson, 1979 itsnicethat.com/articles/tomiy…

New paper w/Roy Levy - These 2 path diagrams are conceptually different (regression with a latent predictor that has 3 indicators vs. a factor model with 4 indicators) but they are mathematically equivalent. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/10…

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

How we present the project is the opposite of how we actually do the project

📦 esquisse es un complemento de R que te permite arrastrar y soltar tus variables para crear gráficos personalizados al instante.🔥 🙌 Es genial para quienes están cansados de pelearse con el código, pero siguen queriendo aprovechar el poder de ggplot2. buff.ly/3xXUtQK

First person in the family to become an academic: Cons: - No money - No investments - Questionable career prospects - Wearing a backpack Pros: - more peer-reviewed articles than siblings

Compare multiple statistical models effortlessly with ggstats, a versatile extension package for ggplot2 that simplifies data visualization tasks. The ggcoef_compare() function allows you to compare the coefficients of several models side by side, providing an intuitive way to

My first shinny app illustrating differences in differences approach. You can see the plot and results choosing different pre- and post treatment values ggonzalezm.shinyapps.io/Diff-in-Diff/ #epidemiology #methods #datascience #r #causal