Sam Mancuso
@sammancuso.com
Biostatistician | Population Health | Primary Care | Evaluation | #rstats
@edzitron.com keen to hear your thoughts about this one - Australian media media reporting on AI is a bit shit...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
@edzitron.com keen to hear your thoughts about this one - Australian media media reporting on AI is a bit shit...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Would you like to read all the articles from the 25 years of R special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics? They are all freely accessible for the next month or so at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #rstats
25 YeaRs: Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
<em>Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics</em> is an international statistics journal covering statistical theory, methodology, applications and computing.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Would you like to read all the articles from the 25 years of R special issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics? They are all freely accessible for the next month or so at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #rstats
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It was a better time
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It was a better time
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August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I read this as causal indifference. It's probably because I read a paper that must've used this approach...
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I read this as causal indifference. It's probably because I read a paper that must've used this approach...
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NOW PUBLISHED! Featured article + 6 Commentaries + Rejoinder: “On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching” with my colleague John Carlin
tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh
@cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky
tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh
@cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky
Rejoinder to Commentaries on: On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
NOW PUBLISHED! Featured article + 6 Commentaries + Rejoinder: “On the Uses and Abuses of Regression Models: A Call for Reform of Statistical Practice and Teaching” with my colleague John Carlin
tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh
@cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky
tinyurl.com/2z2tmkhh
@cebu-melbourne.bsky.social @vicbiostat.bsky.social #EpiSky #CausalSky #StatsSky
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📣 Calling all Biostatisticians!
We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes.
👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra
We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes.
👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra
OSF
osf.io
May 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
📣 Calling all Biostatisticians!
We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes.
👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra
We’re conducting a global survey to understand your experiences with requests for Questionable Research Practices—how often they occur, how they’re managed, and their potential outcomes.
👉 Survey link: qsurvey.qut.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...
👉 Study protocol: osf.io/hvyra
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Does anyone have a reference handy that pushes back on n=30 being the magic number for "normality"?
I can't figure out where the 30 originated but I've always assumed it's just as arbitrary as p=0.05.
#statssky
I can't figure out where the 30 originated but I've always assumed it's just as arbitrary as p=0.05.
#statssky
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Does anyone have a reference handy that pushes back on n=30 being the magic number for "normality"?
I can't figure out where the 30 originated but I've always assumed it's just as arbitrary as p=0.05.
#statssky
I can't figure out where the 30 originated but I've always assumed it's just as arbitrary as p=0.05.
#statssky
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It’s a big day in the reporting guidelines and transparency calendar with the release of the new and revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomised trials (CONSORT-2025)
You can get the reporting recommendations here
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency
You can get the reporting recommendations here
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency
CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials
Background Well designed and properly executed randomised trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions. However, there is overwhelming evidence that the...
www.bmj.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It’s a big day in the reporting guidelines and transparency calendar with the release of the new and revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomised trials (CONSORT-2025)
You can get the reporting recommendations here
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency
You can get the reporting recommendations here
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency
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Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today. Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
30 Charts That Show How Everything Changed in March 2020
It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Decades from now, the Covid-19 pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today. Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
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Your new alternative to #insiders The Sunday Shot premieres on Sunday at 9am!
For those intending to watch, please click below and subscribe to our new YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot - apparently we need at least 50 subscribers to ensure a smooth YouTube livestream experience!
For those intending to watch, please click below and subscribe to our new YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot - apparently we need at least 50 subscribers to ensure a smooth YouTube livestream experience!
The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Your new alternative to #insiders The Sunday Shot premieres on Sunday at 9am!
For those intending to watch, please click below and subscribe to our new YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot - apparently we need at least 50 subscribers to ensure a smooth YouTube livestream experience!
For those intending to watch, please click below and subscribe to our new YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot - apparently we need at least 50 subscribers to ensure a smooth YouTube livestream experience!
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
Just finished reading Gunnawah. It was such an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to the sequel!
Just finished reading Gunnawah. It was such an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to the sequel!
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@ronnisalt.bsky.social
Just finished reading Gunnawah. It was such an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to the sequel!
Just finished reading Gunnawah. It was such an enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to the sequel!
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reaching out to the #rstats / #databs hivemind --- I'm looking for a maintainer! nplyr is a small R package I shipped to CRAN a few years ago that allows users to perform dplyr-like operations on nested data frames. If you'd like to take over, please follow up here:
github.com/markjrieke/n...
github.com/markjrieke/n...
January 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
reaching out to the #rstats / #databs hivemind --- I'm looking for a maintainer! nplyr is a small R package I shipped to CRAN a few years ago that allows users to perform dplyr-like operations on nested data frames. If you'd like to take over, please follow up here:
github.com/markjrieke/n...
github.com/markjrieke/n...
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Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
I'm late to the party, but this is great news!
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 11, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I'm late to the party, but this is great news!
I've found this blocklist super helpful against the crypto (and related) crap that's now flooding the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 30, 2024 at 7:55 AM
I've found this blocklist super helpful against the crypto (and related) crap that's now flooding the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
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The communities of #HRQL and patient-reported outcomes researchers are moving in, so give them a follow or join the list!
Safe to say atm that it is unclear whether some will pick up posting or which percentage of posts will be on topic 😉
#Psychometrics #PatientCentered
go.bsky.app/Buc7gMm
Safe to say atm that it is unclear whether some will pick up posting or which percentage of posts will be on topic 😉
#Psychometrics #PatientCentered
go.bsky.app/Buc7gMm
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
The communities of #HRQL and patient-reported outcomes researchers are moving in, so give them a follow or join the list!
Safe to say atm that it is unclear whether some will pick up posting or which percentage of posts will be on topic 😉
#Psychometrics #PatientCentered
go.bsky.app/Buc7gMm
Safe to say atm that it is unclear whether some will pick up posting or which percentage of posts will be on topic 😉
#Psychometrics #PatientCentered
go.bsky.app/Buc7gMm
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Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.