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magdalena bennett

@maibennett.com

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Research Scientist working on causal inference. The Anna Wintour of slide decks. If you have something to say, say it with a nice plot #rstats (Disclaimer: All opinions are my own)

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Jan 16

🚨Working Paper Alert🚨

"QB or Not QB? Measuring Discrimination in Football Labor Markets"

TL;DR

I find that there is significant discrimination when recruiting QBs from HS to college (and from college to the NFL!) based on their race.. and this costs teams wins🏆 and money💰 1/n

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · 8d

This package is absolutely fantastic. 100% recommend for all your table needs.

Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 9d

{tinytable} 0.14.0 for #RStats makes it super easy to draw tables in html, tex, docx, typ, md & png.

There are only a few functions to learn, but don't be fooled! Small 📦s can still be powerful.

Check out the new gallery page for fun case studies.

vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi...

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · 10d

Had the absolute pleasure of watching “One Battle After Another” last night. What a masterful piece. The story, the cinematography, the performances, the score. Very current for the times. PTA at his best. Go see it in theaters is you can. Almost 3hrs of perfection.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 11d

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · 11d

Clearly not the most important news coming out of Oregon tonight, but I just added a recession bars example to the tinyplot “Tips & tricks” vignette. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig... #rstats

tinyplot showing US GDP since 1980 with recessions highlighted in the background

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · 18d

I’m just going to log off for a bit and binge watch The Great British Baking Show, as one must do in periods of high anxiety and distress.

a group of people standing around a table with the words started making it had a breakdown bon appetit on the bottom

ALT: a group of people standing around a table with the words started making it had a breakdown bon appetit on the bottom

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Ioannis Ziogas @ziogas.bsky.social · 18d

This.

No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued.

This process takes at least a couple of years.

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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · 20d

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 now supports absolute plot dimensions 🤩

#rstats #dataviz #phd

library(tidyverse)

mtcars |>
head(8) |>
rownames_to_column("name") |>
ggplot(aes(x = drat, y = name, fill = name)) +
geom_col() +
theme(panel.widths = unit(50, "mm"), panel.heights = unit(50, "mm"))

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 25d

The new {marginaleffects} release for #RStats (0.30.0) comes with two new vignettes:

1. Speed up computation with automatic differentiation (often 10x gains) marginaleffects.com/bonus/perfor...

2. Power analyses with {marginaleffects} and {DeclareDesign}. marginaleffects.com/bonus/power....

37 Performance – Model to Meaning

marginaleffects.com

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · 26d

ggplot news is the best kind of news 😍

Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Sep 1

Birthday weekend is on fire 🔥

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Aug 30

➡️ Deadline approaching—only one month left to send in your papers and presentation proposals for #CDSM2025!

🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College

MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...

www.bc.edu

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nice post by @jamesbrandecon.bsky.social on the scaling benefits that come from offloading your big regression jobs to a database. jamesbrandecon.github.io/blog/posts_h...

(Showcasing some new-ish 📦 s that he, @apoorvalal.com & myself have been working on, but haven't really advertised yet.)

2025-08-24_dbreg-Is-Super-Fast

jamesbrandecon.github.io

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Aug 17

Getting back into sewing, made BobDylan a copy of his Japanese bow tie (the shitty version, of course). We might add these to the fall collection of #BobsShittyBandanas. I’ll keep you posted.

magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Aug 16

BobDylan says Happy Saturday

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Aug 15

Zero-based indexing will *never* not be dumb. 🔥

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Aug 15

These are all great tips!! 👇🏽

Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's been 2 years (+ 1 month) since I left academia. In case anyone is wondering, I have zero regrets. Indeed, I'm living my best life and am so happy I made the leap.

If you're considering leaving too, here are some thoughts on how to explore your options/find a job you'll love...

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Aug 14

I’m following this ☝🏽

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 13

In data, as in life, nothing’s perfect. You can have it accurate, timely, or cheap — and it's a tradeoff. The BLS opts for timely, then revises when more info arrives to improve accuracy, without blowing out the cost. That’s not a flaw, it’s the trade-off baked into every statistic.

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jul 24

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.

Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Jul 25

Sheesh, I love New York 💕

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Jul 19

We each find our way through these times

As an academic, I am doing this:

Uplift those whose research you admire. Diversify the academy.

Many ways to do this:

-Nominate for awards (did 2 yesterday)
-If you are in an academy, nominate to it (did 3 this month)
-cite them in a paper and/or talk

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Grant McDermott @gmcd.bsky.social · Jul 18

#rstats #econsky PSA: The next release of `fixest` will include some important changes (plus cool new features).

E.g. Fixed-effects regs will now default to 'iid' SEs rather than clustered. github.com/lrberge/fixe...

You can install and test drive the dev version from R-universe; see the README.

From the fixest NEWS file: the new default VCOV is iid for all estimations. To change the default to the way it was, place setFixest_vcov(all = "cluster", no_FE = "iid") in your .Rprofile.

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Jul 19

💔 I had come here for the code :( Gorgeous design, though!

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Davide Viviano @vivianodavide.bsky.social · Jul 19

Looking forward to the NBER SI Thursday metrics session next week where we will be presenting work on remote sensed outcomes with Rahul Singh and Ashesh Rambachan. Here is the program www.nber.org/conferences/... and preview dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... Drop by if you are around!

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