i’m a #hospital #statistician who often wears a stethoscope around my neck, so in a code blue i can teach people a valuable lesson about assumptions

Got a good #statistician challenge for a fan of #actuary #actuarial studies, #age and #aging — how is this line best described?

It's all about a funny inverse relationship to "risk of death" (within a year) to the "added life expectancy" (bonus days of life) you can expect as you make it to your next birthday — while others around you do not.

Congratulations, you made through the Filter — you're one of the stronger ones, on principle.

There's clearly a well-known thing of "it's great to be 10", where the lifelong measurement of risk-of-dying is at its all-time lowest.

But, so, what's this flattening at age 20 through 30? Only seen easily in logarithmic scale … but in fact, if looking at women only, it goes *DOWN* slightly — what!?

I need help translating this into plain English too: Does it mean a 30-year-old woman is more sensible than a 21-year-old woman?

I can see how the teenage years filter very quickly, and the years after 30+ are normal. But how would you describe it?

With the usual #statistician’s caveat that #causality is really hard to sort out in data like this even with good #controls … yes, I believe this. And the #mechanisms aren’t hard to find, either. 😐

The usual disclaimer: this is promising, but don’t count on great results.

If it works as advertised—if—it could be what #Theranos promised and so spectacularly failed to deliver. #Grail is using well-understood technology and (I think) large enough samples to make the claims for the #Galleri test believable, at least. And the #NHS (again, I think) doesn’t have the kind of incestuous relationships with financially interested parties that helped #Holmes et al. get away with such fraud for so long. So I’m inclined to trust their reporting.

With that said, the usual #statistician’s disclaimer applies: #multiple #testing is hard. So, for that matter, does the #medic’s and the #biologist’s, because there are multiple kinds of multiple testing going on here. The more you test, the more you will screw up.

I almost appended “it’s like a law of nature” to that last sentence above … but no, it is a law of nature. Unreasonable effectiveness of #mathematics something something.

#Cancer screening is important, and steady improvements in the field have already saved untold numbers of lives. I expect this will continue to be the case. So take this with cautious optimism. Pushing back the boundaries a little bit at a time, each small step representing another decade or year or month of life—it’s what we do, every day. I want to believe.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/02/blood-test-50-types-cancer-could-speed-up-patient-diagnosis-study

The usual disclaimer: this is promising, but don’t count on great results.

If it works as advertised—if—it could be what #Theranos promised and so spectacularly failed to deliver. #Grail is using well-understood technology and (I think) large enough samples to make the claims for the #Galleri test believable, at least. And the #NHS (again, I think) doesn’t have the kind of incestuous relationships with financially interested parties that helped #Holmes et al. get away with such fraud for so long. So I’m inclined to trust their reporting.

With that said, the usual #statistician’s disclaimer applies: #multiple #testing is hard. So, for that matter, does the #medic’s and the #biologist’s, because there are multiple kinds of multiple testing going on here. The more you test, the more you will screw up.

I almost appended “it’s like a law of nature” to that last sentence above … but no, it is a law of nature. Unreasonable effectiveness of #mathematics something something.

#cancer screening is important, and steady improvements in the field have already saved untold numbers of lives. I expect this will continue to be the case. So take this with cautious optimism. Pushing back the boundaries a little bit at a time, each small step representing another decade or year or month of life—it’s what we do, every day. I want to believe.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/02/blood-test-50-types-cancer-could-speed-up-patient-diagnosis-study

random walk, n., the route through an open plan office taken by a #statistician whilst waiting for their #MCMC chains to converge (hopefully). Expected length of route may depend on factors such as hardware specifications, informativeness of #priors, and whether there's a good coffee machine nearby. #statsodon #Bayesian #iamworking @pymc

#mathematician #statistician #educator
David Blackwell #blackhistorymonth #blackmastodon

Statistician: evaluation of breast cancer treatment

Come join us in #Oslo as a #statistician

https://jobrxiv.org/job/cancer-registry-of-norway-27779-statistician-evaluation-of-breast-cancer-treatment/?feed_id=34193

#ScienceJobs
Oslo #Norway #ResearchAssistant
https://jobrxiv.org/job/cancer-registry-of-norway-27779-statistician-evaluation-of-breast-cancer-treatment/?feed_id=34193

"Statistician needed to pilot a scheme to change the future of academia. Feb-July £22k part time to check reproducibility of results from provided data for to-be-submitted papers in psychology at University of Sussex. contact: dienes@sussex.ac.uk"

HT @deevybee

#Statistician #UniversityOfSussex #Psychology #Reproducibility #ZoltanDienes

RT @waqOr@twitter.com A #Mathematician, a #Statistician and a #HealthEconomist are being asked: What is 2+2?

Mathematician: 4.

Statistician: 4, on average, but with 95% CI of 3.2 to 5.1.

Health economist:
*shuts door*
*shuts window blinds*
*leans over and whispers*
What do you want it to be?

https://twitter.com/waq0r/status/1606143521122963456?t=vc8_Is_FmdJ2Yfl0HrOMyQ&s=19

Among the victims of the #Agile movement have been #reason, #science and British #statistician George E. P. Box.

Among the victims of the #Agile movement have been #reason, #science and British #statistician George E. P. Box.

We are recruiting a clinical trial statistician-programmer with regulatory experience to work on investigator-initiated, industry-funded clinical trials. Know anyone who might be interested? Please share widely. #clinicaltrials #hiring #statistician

https://careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prepprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&SiteId=1001&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=51732&PostingSeq=1

My introduction and a shout out to find other folks to get to know. Technically I’m a #DataScientist and #statistician. Most of my career I’ve done marketing analytics. In my spare time I #DungeonMaster, read sci-fi and fantasy. I’m new to #weightlifting, but find it fun and rewarding. I’m a fan of:
#DungeonsAndDragons
#DnD
#TTRPG
#WorldBuilding
#DnDBeyond
#FoundryVTT
#Cats and #Dogs
#SciFi
#Fantasy
#History
#Writing
#Journaling
#Reading
#Conversation
#Ideas

Fads, styles, and modes #management have come and gone – along with the dominance of technology not even conceivable in #statistician #WEDeming’s day – yet it remains a good idea not to lose sight of what #Deming taught us. #ManagementTheory #Leadership https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliamdur/2022/12/10/modern-application-of-some-old-thoughts/

My introduction and a shout out to find other folks to get to know. Technically I’m a #DataScientist and #statistician. Most of my career I’ve done marketing analytics. In my spare time I #DungeonMaster, read sci-fi and fantasy. I’m new to #weightlifting but find it fun and rewarding. I’m a fan of:
#DungeonsAndDragons
#DnD
#TTRPG
#WorldBuilding
#DnDBeyond
#FoundryVTT
#Cats and #Dogs
#SciFi
#Fantasy
#History
#Writing
#Journaling
#Reading
#Conversation
#Ideas

My introduction and a shout out to find other folks to get to know. Technically I’m a #DataSscientist and #statistician. Most of my career I’ve done marketing analytics. In my spare time I #DungeonMaster, read sci-fi and fantasy. I’m new to #weightlifting but find it fun and rewarding. I’m a fan of:
#DungeonsAndDragons
#DnD
#TTRPG
#WorldBuilding
#DnDBeyond
#FoundryVTT
#Cats and #Dogs
#SciFi
#Fantasy
#History
#Writing
#Journaling
#Reading
#Conversation
#Ideas

I'm a #graduate student at #CurtinUniversity. My thesis is on developing analytical techniques, perhaps #Bayesian, for identifying and classifying variable and transient astronomical sources, namely #BlackHoles and #NeutronStars, in large galactic surveys.

I'd say I'm more #statistician than #astronomer, with a dash of #ComputerScience too.

I'm a huge #rstats fan but now leaning into #python for my current research. I'm also something of a conference committee addict.

#introduction

Hi, it's time for an #introduction. I am a #statistician who helps run a survey for the US government. I am a Conservative #Jew, a progressive, and a parent of kids under 5. I am #asexual and happily married. I #knit and spin yarn in my free time.

#introduction: Hi all, Silvia here! #Physician by training. Colombian living in 🇨🇦. #Statistician working in clinical research mainly using population health databases. My research interests are #nephrology and #pharmacoepi