Stats For Bios
@statsforbios.bsky.social
Statistics for biologists, medics, statisticians. Anyone really. By Tim Lucas, lecturer in epi/stats.
I've been using dreaming Spanish for a couple of years and think it's great. They just released dreaming French if you're looking to learn.
www.dreaming.com/french
www.dreaming.com/french
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've been using dreaming Spanish for a couple of years and think it's great. They just released dreaming French if you're looking to learn.
www.dreaming.com/french
www.dreaming.com/french
Brighton, Brighton by the sea, we are Brighton, Brighton by the sea and we'll viz you up, whoever you may be cause we are Brighton, Brighton by the sea.
Day 17 #30DayMapChallenge - Sussex Street Network Orientation
I used {OSMnx} in #Python which can be used to visualise street network orientations using polar plots. Some places (e.g. Haywards Heath) are sprawling while others (Brighton & Hove) are more clearly organised grid-like.
#dataviz
I used {OSMnx} in #Python which can be used to visualise street network orientations using polar plots. Some places (e.g. Haywards Heath) are sprawling while others (Brighton & Hove) are more clearly organised grid-like.
#dataviz
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Brighton, Brighton by the sea, we are Brighton, Brighton by the sea and we'll viz you up, whoever you may be cause we are Brighton, Brighton by the sea.
Huh, never thought of Brighton as a grid. The area I grew up in up in, and place I hung out in like the Lanes weren't. Guess lots of Hove and along the seasfront is.
Day 17 #30DayMapChallenge - Sussex Street Network Orientation
I used {OSMnx} in #Python which can be used to visualise street network orientations using polar plots. Some places (e.g. Haywards Heath) are sprawling while others (Brighton & Hove) are more clearly organised grid-like.
#dataviz
I used {OSMnx} in #Python which can be used to visualise street network orientations using polar plots. Some places (e.g. Haywards Heath) are sprawling while others (Brighton & Hove) are more clearly organised grid-like.
#dataviz
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Huh, never thought of Brighton as a grid. The area I grew up in up in, and place I hung out in like the Lanes weren't. Guess lots of Hove and along the seasfront is.
"I’m more likely now to check the weather forecast for night than day." @mothyblackburn.bsky.social in The Jewel Box. This really tickled me for some reason.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"I’m more likely now to check the weather forecast for night than day." @mothyblackburn.bsky.social in The Jewel Box. This really tickled me for some reason.
Oh wow. Mind blown. #StatsSky
The default prior for the intercept in both {rstanarm} and {brms} are very wide.
Counterintuitively - being on the logit scale, this is actually translates to a **strong** prior that p(y=1) is near 1 or near 0.
Always check your priors!
#rstats
Counterintuitively - being on the logit scale, this is actually translates to a **strong** prior that p(y=1) is near 1 or near 0.
Always check your priors!
#rstats
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Oh wow. Mind blown. #StatsSky
Wow sheets and pages are shit. A) just bad (possibly subjective and that I'm not used to them) and B) really un-interoperable with office.
If libre office can do it I'm sure apple can.
If libre office can do it I'm sure apple can.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Wow sheets and pages are shit. A) just bad (possibly subjective and that I'm not used to them) and B) really un-interoperable with office.
If libre office can do it I'm sure apple can.
If libre office can do it I'm sure apple can.
Got back from ASTMH to discover that the Canadian dollar is worth half of what I thought it was! Those beers suddenly feel much less of a burden on my wallet.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Got back from ASTMH to discover that the Canadian dollar is worth half of what I thought it was! Those beers suddenly feel much less of a burden on my wallet.
Don't apologise for small font on slides, fix it! Streamline sentences, prioritise content and spread over multiple slides.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Don't apologise for small font on slides, fix it! Streamline sentences, prioritise content and spread over multiple slides.
Thought I'd reflect at the end of my first #TropMed25.
- Tons of implementation work. Which is fantastic, but not what I know much about!
- Really didn't feel like the AI hype is overtaking. Yes there was some, but you could easily spend a week here without hearing about it.
1/n
- Tons of implementation work. Which is fantastic, but not what I know much about!
- Really didn't feel like the AI hype is overtaking. Yes there was some, but you could easily spend a week here without hearing about it.
1/n
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thought I'd reflect at the end of my first #TropMed25.
- Tons of implementation work. Which is fantastic, but not what I know much about!
- Really didn't feel like the AI hype is overtaking. Yes there was some, but you could easily spend a week here without hearing about it.
1/n
- Tons of implementation work. Which is fantastic, but not what I know much about!
- Really didn't feel like the AI hype is overtaking. Yes there was some, but you could easily spend a week here without hearing about it.
1/n
Please also check out Olukemi Olowofoyeku's poster 6711. New statistical methods for improving disaggregation regression. #TropMed25
I'll be presenting my poster 6709 on disagapp, tomorrow (Tuesday). user-friendly software for disaggregating disease risk from areal data. Would love to chat and help get you using our software. #tropmed25
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Please also check out Olukemi Olowofoyeku's poster 6711. New statistical methods for improving disaggregation regression. #TropMed25
I'll be presenting my poster 6709 on disagapp, tomorrow (Tuesday). user-friendly software for disaggregating disease risk from areal data. Would love to chat and help get you using our software. #tropmed25
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'll be presenting my poster 6709 on disagapp, tomorrow (Tuesday). user-friendly software for disaggregating disease risk from areal data. Would love to chat and help get you using our software. #tropmed25
My opinion, just use more slides with one, big plot per slide.
I've mostly been to methods conferences recently. Slides with lots of panels, and unreadable small labels seems much more common here in an applied epi meeting. #TropMed25
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My opinion, just use more slides with one, big plot per slide.
I've mostly been to methods conferences recently. Slides with lots of panels, and unreadable small labels seems much more common here in an applied epi meeting. #TropMed25
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've mostly been to methods conferences recently. Slides with lots of panels, and unreadable small labels seems much more common here in an applied epi meeting. #TropMed25
I've totally failed to look through poster abstracts for #TropMed25. If anyone knows of any stats methods posters please let me know and I'll make sure to go find them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I've totally failed to look through poster abstracts for #TropMed25. If anyone knows of any stats methods posters please let me know and I'll make sure to go find them.
Having a mic at the front and needing people to walk up to the front to ask questions seems a good way to minimise participation, and especially from ECRs. No ideal I don't think! #TROPMED25
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Having a mic at the front and needing people to walk up to the front to ask questions seems a good way to minimise participation, and especially from ECRs. No ideal I don't think! #TROPMED25
Anyone know this film? It's on in the bar and appears to be completely bonkers. But I have no idea what it is
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Anyone know this film? It's on in the bar and appears to be completely bonkers. But I have no idea what it is
If anyone's going to ASTMH a day early and likes punk, pretty fun looking gig on Saturday. I'll be there if my flights behave.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If anyone's going to ASTMH a day early and likes punk, pretty fun looking gig on Saturday. I'll be there if my flights behave.
files.elfsightcdn.com/eafe4a4d-343...
files.elfsightcdn.com/eafe4a4d-343...
Metal always had something missing. Turns out it was missing recorder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tlh...
Mustard Mucous
YouTube video by Igorrr - Topic
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November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Metal always had something missing. Turns out it was missing recorder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tlh...
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student used some AI-assisted code to compute ROC stats with weights and the AI hallucinated pROC::roc(…, weights = weights). (the function doesn’t have a weights argument.) and because the function has a … argument, the fake weights argument was ignored without any warning
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
student used some AI-assisted code to compute ROC stats with weights and the AI hallucinated pROC::roc(…, weights = weights). (the function doesn’t have a weights argument.) and because the function has a … argument, the fake weights argument was ignored without any warning
New paper, great work by Hannah Worboys. Feasibility study of the P-STEP app. "At 12 weeks, the mean (sd) System Usability Score was 61.68 (22.9)". And lots of useful prelim data for larger studies. #EpiSky #EnvironmentalEpi #copd #asthma
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
New paper, great work by Hannah Worboys. Feasibility study of the P-STEP app. "At 12 weeks, the mean (sd) System Usability Score was 61.68 (22.9)". And lots of useful prelim data for larger studies. #EpiSky #EnvironmentalEpi #copd #asthma
Reposted by Stats For Bios
#epinowcast 0.4.0 is out! This release has been a long time coming and contains work from many contributors. It includdes new features, better better and clearer documentation.
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Changelog
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October 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#epinowcast 0.4.0 is out! This release has been a long time coming and contains work from many contributors. It includdes new features, better better and clearer documentation.
package.epinowcast.org/news/index.h...
package.epinowcast.org/news/index.h...
"even in the quieter professions, there is a toil and a labour of the mind, if not of the body, which seldom leaves a man’s looks to the natural effect of time."
Alright Jane Austen chill out, I'm just a bit tired this week.
Alright Jane Austen chill out, I'm just a bit tired this week.
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"even in the quieter professions, there is a toil and a labour of the mind, if not of the body, which seldom leaves a man’s looks to the natural effect of time."
Alright Jane Austen chill out, I'm just a bit tired this week.
Alright Jane Austen chill out, I'm just a bit tired this week.