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Dr Rachel Hale Marine Biologist @seafloorscience.bsky.social · Aug 3

Recruiting PhD: Population Connectivity and Biological Assessment of Non-Target Fisheries Species in the Ross Sea

You could hang out with us in our pretty little office in Nelson!

See link for contact details:
niwa.co.nz/about-niwa/s...

Scholarships

Scholarships available to both Masters and undergraduate students in the fields of fisheries science and marine biology.

niwa.co.nz

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Aug 1

If I say it enough times…

This is a perfectly normal-sized stash of sweets for an intro to experimental design lecture—This is a perfectly normal-sized stash of sweets for an intro to experimental design lecture—This is a perfectly normal-sized stash of sweets…

#statsed

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jul 18

It does strive for balance though: it also has plenty of ways of showing bits of information to studnets that you thought were hidden

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jul 17

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jul 7

Accepted version online!

A comparison of peer- and tutor-grading of an introductory R coding assessment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

GitHub: github.com/statbiscuit/...

A comparison of peer- and tutor-grading of an introductory R coding assessment

We investigate the level of agreement between tutor and peer grading of an introductory R programming assessment. Comparing peer and tutor grades we find a strong correlation of 0.848, 95%CI = (0.8...

www.tandfonline.com

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jun 24

#UKCOTS2025 is underway! Had great fun presenting this morning about my experimental design “game”. Thank you so much to @ukcots.bsky.social for such a friendly conference! Slides —> bit.ly/cmjt_experiment & the game —> statbiscuit-tomato-trials.netlify.app

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jun 19

Hope to see you there!

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Jun 19

Anyone else here going to the #UKCOTS2025 pre-conference meet-up?

See you next week!

UK Conference on Teaching Statistics @ukcots.bsky.social · Jun 13

For everyone attending #UKCOTS2025, we have updated conference and delegate information, such as travel advice and the plenary session. There are details of our planned social events from a meet-up on the eve of the conference to an informal not-conference dinner!

www.ukcots.org/delegates.ht...

UKCOTS 25 - Delegate Information – UKCOTS 25

www.ukcots.org

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · May 14

Early advertising for this year's Ihaka Lectures: Thursdays Sept 4 and Sept 11.

Speakers: Dan Exeter and Adrian Baddeley,
notstatschat.rbind.io/2025/05/14/i...

Ihaka lectures 2025 - Biased and Inefficient

notstatschat.rbind.io

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · May 14

ICOTS -12th International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Brisbane, Australia.

Main Topic submissions closing soon (31 May 2025)!

🔗https://statsoc.org.au/event-6087045

📅 Conference from 12 to 17 July 2026

#statsed #edusky #statisticseducation

Poster invting submissions for the ICOTS12 (International Conference on Teaching Statistics) conference.

Important Dates

Due date for Main Topic paper proposals: 31 May 2025 Outcome by: 30 August 2025 Due date for Contributed and other paper proposals desiring refereeing: 31 July 2025 Acceptance by: 30 August 2025

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statbiscuit @statbiscuit.bsky.social · Apr 3

Hi! Who’s else is going to #ukcots2025 ( @ukcots.bsky.social )? Keen to make some #statsed friends before I go!

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