Jack Wilkinson
@jdwilko.bsky.social
Centre for Biostatistics, Uni of Manchester. INSPECT-SR, a tool to identify problematic clinical trials. Research misconduct, fertility research. Own opinions.
One of the most important rules of stats social media is never post about odds ratios. I apologise for my behaviour and will use this as an opportunity for leaning
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
One of the most important rules of stats social media is never post about odds ratios. I apologise for my behaviour and will use this as an opportunity for leaning
Yeah, but am reviewing your draft and that isn’t what you wrote 😜
February 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Yeah, but am reviewing your draft and that isn’t what you wrote 😜
And here is a March 6th event, timed for Europe: www.trybooking.com/uk/FZUN
Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop March (Europe)
An introductory 2-hour online workshop will introduce participants to the INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled...
www.trybooking.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
And here is a March 6th event, timed for Europe: www.trybooking.com/uk/FZUN
Yeah it’s a tool for assessing trials, not the same as the original
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Yeah it’s a tool for assessing trials, not the same as the original
This is what we ended up with: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials
The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....
www.medrxiv.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This is what we ended up with: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
How serious are the problems? I would now send to the publisher’s research integrity team
January 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
How serious are the problems? I would now send to the publisher’s research integrity team
Nice Jamie! Congrats. Really great work, this
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Nice Jamie! Congrats. Really great work, this
I don’t think many of the suggested tests are useful to be honest…in some cases I would question their validity. There is a difference between thoughtful recommendation of reasonable supplementary analysis and a list of every method that has ever been proposed, no?
January 22, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I don’t think many of the suggested tests are useful to be honest…in some cases I would question their validity. There is a difference between thoughtful recommendation of reasonable supplementary analysis and a list of every method that has ever been proposed, no?
Was referring to the peer reviewers here.
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Was referring to the peer reviewers here.
Answer was ‘yes’. Mega. Going to try to make all my lectures as good as Soulwax from now on
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Answer was ‘yes’. Mega. Going to try to make all my lectures as good as Soulwax from now on