cool example of fixing #confounding - antibiotics and stone edition (no, it ain't any fancy regression or propensity score matching)

https://journals.lww.com/jasn/Fulltext/2023/08000/Outpatient_Antibiotic_Use_is_Not_Associated_with.11.aspx in JASN with a #VisualAbstract from @CorinaT #Epidemiology

Nature recently introduced new guidelines for studies engaging with questions of race, ethnicity or gender. Among others, it asks researchers to explain how they controlled for #confounding variables. We agree this is important, especially because we think #bias and #disparity should be understood in #causal terms. In this #LSE impact blog, @LudoWaltman and I discuss some of the challenges around this.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/05/25/the-bias-puzzle-understanding-gender-differences-in-academia/

ICYMI, @ihaque just finished sharing a tootorial on our recent work @ Recursion investigating a widespread source of systematic #confounding in #CRISPR-Cas9 screens we dub "proximity bias."

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.15.537038v1

We believe that this confounding has implications for most CRISPR-based discovery and may have implications for therapy.

Some sections haven't yet made their way off of the bird site, so take a look here: https://twitter.com/ImranSHaque/status/1650911267530629120

There are methodological flaws in the analysis that are not addressed making me question the whole paper. The authors admit: "...we could not completely account for all #confounding factors, like how strictly the face mask recommendations were followed" https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-15624-9

#sdtps Speaking She

Scene: 14.
There was once upon of a #time a #timekeeper who used #clock up every hour of the #day and when could can he the hours of the #night.
Ask yourself, when will he #time keep the hour less?
Frost and #snow cover the #fire; #amazing it is to behold.

#astonishing #astounding #bewildering #startling #perplexing #confounding #disconcerting #awesome #remarkable #spectacular #stupendous #phenomenal #prodigious #wondrous

#storytelling #peace #worldpeace #RVBD20

1) An Example:
Does your #shoesize have an effect on your #income? If you look at the c#orrelation between shoe size and income, you will indeed find out: People with bigger feet have on average a higher salary!
But does that really mean that shoe size has an effect on income? No, because: Gender has an effect on both shoe size and income - so it's a #confounding factor in this context!

1) An Example:
Does your #shoesize have an effect on your #income? If you look at the c#orrelation between shoe size and income, you will indeed find out: People with bigger feet have on average a higher salary!
But does that really mean that shoe size has an effect on income? No, because: Gender has an effect on both shoe size and income - so it's a #confounding factor in this context!

Trying to understand #USMNT coach Greg Berhalter's thinking is like trying to understand Finnegan's Wake. #confounding #impenetrable #worldcup #football #soccer