Zad Rafi (Sir Panda)
@lesslikely.com
Agnostic statistician (frequentist, bayesian, likelihoodist, fiducial) | Posts about statistics in medicine at http://lesslikely.com | | #StatsTwitter • #EpiTwitter • #RStats
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S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
October 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
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Everyone should use {marginaleffects} because it includes s-values
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Everyone should use {marginaleffects} because it includes s-values
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When planning for drop outs: If you need n patients and expect some proportion x to drop out, you don't inflate n by 1.x but rather divide by 1-x.
Example: n = 200 and expected 20% drop out
200 * 1.20 = 240 (incorrect, as 80% of 240 = 192)
200 / 0.8 = 250 (correct, as 80% of 250 = 200)
Example: n = 200 and expected 20% drop out
200 * 1.20 = 240 (incorrect, as 80% of 240 = 192)
200 / 0.8 = 250 (correct, as 80% of 250 = 200)
June 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When planning for drop outs: If you need n patients and expect some proportion x to drop out, you don't inflate n by 1.x but rather divide by 1-x.
Example: n = 200 and expected 20% drop out
200 * 1.20 = 240 (incorrect, as 80% of 240 = 192)
200 / 0.8 = 250 (correct, as 80% of 250 = 200)
Example: n = 200 and expected 20% drop out
200 * 1.20 = 240 (incorrect, as 80% of 240 = 192)
200 / 0.8 = 250 (correct, as 80% of 250 = 200)
Naturally the only thing to do after seeing this is to suggest that you actually test whether randomization has succeeded via a statistical test for balance, and if it’s not, just rerandomize forever until you achieve perfect balance and the holy p =1
June 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Naturally the only thing to do after seeing this is to suggest that you actually test whether randomization has succeeded via a statistical test for balance, and if it’s not, just rerandomize forever until you achieve perfect balance and the holy p =1
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RIP Edward Leamer. Specification Searches was ahead of its time
March 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RIP Edward Leamer. Specification Searches was ahead of its time
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Nice summary of our recent paper on SMOTE w/ @alcarriero.bsky.social @benvancalster.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Nice summary of our recent paper on SMOTE w/ @alcarriero.bsky.social @benvancalster.bsky.social
RIP Edward Leamer. Specification Searches was ahead of its time
March 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RIP Edward Leamer. Specification Searches was ahead of its time
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My work on network regression and mediation in latent space models is now published at JMLR!
jmlr.org/papers/v26/2...
jmlr.org/papers/v26/2...
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My work on network regression and mediation in latent space models is now published at JMLR!
jmlr.org/papers/v26/2...
jmlr.org/papers/v26/2...