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Stephen Wild

@stephenjwild.bsky.social

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I try to put straight lines through things but usually fail. Try to be Bayesian when I can. Views my own. RT/like != endorsement.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you!

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2h

thank you!

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3h

Biostats people: let's say you are writing a grant for an NIH-funded study circa 2000 or so. How long would the process take to write the grant, get funding, and start the project?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 4h

Trying out {ellmer}. I've spent more time figuring out how to do the task than if I did it by hand (extracting data from tables). But this is more fun.

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 7h

Fair point

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible

Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 16h

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 7h

I'm in this tweet and I don't appreciate it

Sean Mackinnon @seanpmackinnon.bsky.social · 13h

Fine-tuning a ggplot's aesthetic sensibilities is a time-honoured way to procrastinate from doing something you'd hate even more

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 15h

Except to a book burning

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

I am being attacked. This means war

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

I like Thinking Clearly With Data.

soc.washington.edu/sites/soc/fi...

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 1d

It's in the library name, so she should be able to use it if she is 2 or older

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

I expect even more takes on things like WWII and COIN

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna anger everyone

A meme featuring a penguin, an elephant, and weird penguin-elephant hybrid in Noah's Ark. The elephant is labeled "Confidence intervals," the penguin is labeled as "credible intervals," and the weird hybrid as "confidence distributions." Noah gestures at the hy rid and says, "What the hell is this?"

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

How do we all feel about confidence distributions?

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

bsky.app/profile/mjsk...

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

But what if you laugh so hard you cry?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta say, Twitter and Bluesky taught me a ton. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 2d

Twitter revolutionised my career.

I learnt a huge amount about causal inference through #EpiTwitter.

And I met many amazing people who I've since had the joy of working with (Eg @epiellie.bsky.social, @epidbydesign.bsky.social, @robertwplatt.bsky.social, @jlrohmann.bsky.social, etc etc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

Thirdeded

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

Nooooo 😢

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

😭

econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 3d

@stephenjwild.bsky.social I want more silly #stats words

arxiv.org/abs/2503.22333

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

What would you call your administrator's claim of leg pressing 440 lbs?

Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

It appears I have bought tickets to the gun show.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

I see. In the photo accompanying his original post, your administrator is partially flexing his bicep--he has given us free tickets to the gun show. What is your equivalent of a gun show?

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 3d

Can you engage in self promotion? Write a post about how cool and logical you are.

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