#RSS2016Conf
How to change @UKGSS? Burning sense of urgency. Training. Anticipating the needs of the public well in advance @puzzlesthewill #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Baseline of quality in @UKGSS is not consistent enough says @puzzlesthewill #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Statisticians @UKGSS will need to keep learning new things continuously including distilling messages down @puzzlesthewill #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Govt statisticians @UKGSS are professional, transparent & produce stats of high quality @puzzlesthewill #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
The way official statisticians communicate helps to shape the public debates we have says @puzzlesthewill #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Stats already reaching a wider audience says @puzzlesthewill - GDP, housing, health stats are at heart of public debate #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:26 AM
What does success look like? asks @theboysmithy 'No one criticised what I said'? This is at odds with getting stats out there #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Statisticians need to be political if they want to be relevant says @theboysmithy #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Use the language of the broader debate says @theboysmithy with @FullFact quote #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 4:05 AM
We don't need larger datasets - we need better studies says @MarkGirolami @turinginst #RSS2016Conf #bigdata #SmallDataStrikesBack
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Lots of things @UKGSS does well - delivers good quality stats with passion says @theboysmithy #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
#RSS2016Conf getting deep into stats
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Data quality is far more important than data quantity says Xiao-Li Meng #bigdata #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Powerful talk from @lawrennd on the pitfalls of #datascience including algorithmic discrimination #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
If you can't directly volunteer at AIMS could you donate so we can send statisticians there? http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/the-rss/statsinafrica #RSS2016Conf
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December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Looking at how @UKGSS statisticians can build stronger links with comms teams in govt depts says @julieclarebrown #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Can we create an automatic statistician? asks Zoubin Ghahramani @turinginst - brave topic amongst statisticians! #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
I spy @TimandraHarknes in this #datascience session at #RSS2016Conf - researching #bigdata book 2?
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Now trending at number 2! #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Read more about @RoyalStatSoc work with the African Institute for Maths Sciences https://www.statslife.org.uk/features/2897-higher-aims-expanding-our-work-in-international-development #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Now overtaken by Anjem Choudary but still ahead of Ken Livingstone! #RSS2016Conf https://x.com/hetanshah/status/773150770699051008
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
And here is Robert Matthews recent @signmagazine piece on why we cannot predict earthquakes https://www.statslife.org.uk/environment-nature/2977-ask-a-statistician-why-can-we-not-predict-earthquakes #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Linking datasets which don't speak to each other is a time consuming part of data science says @fur_bi from Microsoft #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
One major challenge for @UKGSS is gov.uk says @julieclarebrown - doing big new project to look at what platform is required #RSS2016Conf
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM