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In 2013, I wrote a book about educational myths. I *didn't* include learning styles. Why? Because even in 2013, so much research had already been published showing they were bunk. Didn't feel worth me going over it all again. It's now 2024. What's in The Economist ?

The Notorious MBJ dropping a banger on Halloween!

A great read on estimation and causal inference in the social sciences.

You should probably hire Matthew B. Jané. He is a fantastic statistician and an excellent communicator, and easily one of the better follows on here.

Tempted to leave gov and start a company just so I could hire Matthew B. Jané. Hire him yesterday

This is neat

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Keep up the great work! 👏

Automatically disbelieving authorities isn't independent-mindedness. It's just conformism with the sign bit flipped.

It turns out you can’t teach a decades worth of stats experience/learning in a single semester

Never ceases to amaze me how many folks who’ve heard RATM are in Paul Ryan mode, having literally ZERO understanding of anything that band was about and even less understanding where any of us might stand on contemporary issues. Recently was talking to a couple at a restaurant

The last couple of weeks, in a nutshell

I’m encouraged to hear that every major corporation is now in favor of the workers seizing the means of production and an eradication of the prison industrial complex. Big news if true!

Some of my top statistical pet peeves below:

It recently came up how researchers sometimes use the last observation carried forward (LOCF) method for missing data in longitudinal trials. It turns out this is not a safe or conservative method, and it should be avoided for more modern alternatives. E.g., Enders (2022, p. 31):

It took several days to count every ballot in 2020, and it’s very likely we won’t know the outcome tonight either. So please keep a few things in mind as you make your voice heard today: – Thousands of election workers around the country are working hard today. Respect them.

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Y’all, it’s 8:30 ET. It’s ridiculously early. Take a breath, don’t overanalyze every little data point, and have patience. Don’t waste emotional energy on data that doesn’t deserve it.