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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · 12d

New package alert. Something we've been working on at RTI to develop a package for sampling including Chromy's PPS sequential method. rtiinternational.github.io/SampleSelect... #rstats

Randomly select samples for various probability-based methods

Randomly select samples with SRS, systematic, and various PPS methods. Also includes functionality to select within strata and allocate sample sizes.

rtiinternational.github.io

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Aug 12

Are you a R user and want to analyze this data? We have loads of examples for the ANES 2020 that you can adapt for this data! #rstats

github.com/tidy-survey-...

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Jul 30

Ticket Sales end on August 1st!

Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register

useR! 2025 will be held from Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th, Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.
#rstats #useR2025

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Jul 30

Registration deadline is August 1!

useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Jul 15

Less than 50 tickets left! If you are looking to network useR! 2025 will not disappoint!

Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register

useR! 2025 will be held from Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th, Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.
#rstats #useR2025

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Jul 16

@ivelasq3.bsky.social, Rebecca Powell, and I will be doing a tutorial on Survey Analysis in R. Tutorials (workshops) are included with registration!

useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Jul 15

Less than 50 tickets left! If you are looking to network useR! 2025 will not disappoint!

Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register

useR! 2025 will be held from Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th, Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.
#rstats #useR2025

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Jun 17

I can't recommend a person individually but just saying we're doing a lot of this at my work. My colleague Carlos Petzold will be speaking at the useR conference on Day 3. user2025.r-project.org/program/in-p...

In-person conference program – useR! 2025

user2025.r-project.org

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm excited to go to my first @user-conf.bsky.social and give a workshop with @statsteph.bsky.social and RJP!

We'll be doing a tutorial on survey analysis in #RStats. Tutorials are included in the cost of the conference. Then, two days of stunning talks 🤩

Join us! user2025.r-project.org/register

Join us at useR on August 8, 2025 for our workshop: Complex Survey Data Analysis: A tidy introduction with {srvyr} and {survey}

Register at user2025.r-project.org/register

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · May 31

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in R.

Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register

useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University.

#RStats

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · May 7

Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists ropensci.org/events/datas... Less than half an hour!

Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists

A community support and networking event hosted by rOpenSci and Openscapes

ropensci.org

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today is the last day to register with early bird pricing! Hope to see you in Durham - I live here and its a great place. Plus what looks to be a good conference

useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Apr 28

REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register

#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data

useR! Early Bird sales end this Wednesday on April 30th!

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useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Apr 28

REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register

#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 1

Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...

PRAMS Shuttered for Good

In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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R-Ladies @rladies.org · Mar 14

In order to better align with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community, R-Ladies is re-branding to R-Ladies+! 💜 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧️

✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand...

#rstats #rladies

R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ - R-Ladies Global

R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community

rladies.org

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Hannah Recht @hannahrecht.bsky.social · Mar 6

🎉 Census + #rstats users: A new version of the censusapi package is now on CRAN 📦
Highlights:
- Using an API key is no longer required
- New metadata function options
- Improved handling of numeric data
`install.packages("censusapi")` to update
Full release notes at www.hrecht.com/censusapi/ne...

Changelog

www.hrecht.com

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Waylin Yu @waylinyu.bsky.social · Feb 28

Please share! NC science networking event in Raleigh on 3/16.

All are welcome - academia, industry, government, or just support the sciences - come have a beer, meet local researchers, & show solidarity for the sciences.

Triangle State of Science Social
March 16 @ 12 pm
Trophy Brewing (Maywood)

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Usama Bilal @usamabilal.bsky.social · Jan 31

If you need access to the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, folks here had created the findSVI R package to reconstruct it using the Census API (which still works): cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

findSVI: Calculate Social Vulnerability Index for Communities

Developed by CDC/ATSDR (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) serves as a tool to assess the resilience of com...

cran.r-project.org

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · Feb 5

🔈 Join @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social & #RLadies RTP for a session on Analyzing Complex Survey Data in #Rstats

📆 25 Feb @ 12 PM ET/6 PM CET
🎤 @statsteph.bsky.social, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Rebecca Powell
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cr6b9k6

Learn how to use {srvyr} & {tidyverse} for weighted survey analysis.

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American Statistical Association Office of Science Policy @asa-scipol.bsky.social · Feb 1

Ron Wasserstein, E.D. of the American Statistical Association, has just posted a statement regarding yesterday's shutdown of the US Census website and the removal more broadly of data collected with taxpayer funding from federal websites.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-wa... @amstatnews.bsky.social

Ron Wasserstein on LinkedIn: Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage

Without explanation, the U.S. Census Bureau's website (census.gov) was taken offline for two hours on January 31, 2025, raising serious concerns about access…

www.linkedin.com

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COPAFS @copafs.bsky.social · Feb 4

SIGN-ON Letter to Congressional leadership expressing concern about the recent incidents involving federal data being selectively removed from agency websites. Please consider signing on. Thank you.

We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data

February **, 2025 Re: Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries, We write to express o...

docs.google.com

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American Association for Public Opinion Research @aapor.bsky.social · Feb 4

AAPOR releases a statement on access to federal data. Read more: bit.ly/aapordataaccess

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · Feb 4

Unfortunately, all Census TIGER/Line and cartographic boundary shapefiles are down as of this evening.

This means that the tigris #rstats and pygris #Python packages will not work, and geometry support in tidycensus will also fail.

The Census API, for now, is still up.

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Fresca Husky @frescahusky.bsky.social · Feb 1

The ACLU is looking for trans individuals effected by the recent transphobic Executive Order in order to bring a lawsuit against it. Here is a form if you are comfortable submitting your info to potentially be represented by the ACLU to fight this EO.

www.aclu.org/transpasspor...

Microsoft Forms

www.aclu.org

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Stephanie Zimmer (she/her) @statsteph.bsky.social · Feb 3

Call for Proposals for useR 2025 is open! Come learn about R and what's going on and see my awesome city of Durham

useR! - The R User Conference @user-conf.bsky.social · Feb 3

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025.
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025

useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.

user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats

Call for Submissions – useR! 2025

user2025.r-project.org

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Theresa Gaffney @theresagaff.bsky.social · Jan 31

BREAKING: Vital, nationally-representative data has been removed from the CDC website. "Everyone I know in public health and science more broadly is freaking out right now,” @albeccia.bsky.social told me. Read: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...

CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website

Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.

www.statnews.com

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Jan 31

The CDC has begun purging data. Example: The youth risk behavior survey...

The screenshot shows a "404 Not Found" error page on the CDC's official website, indicating that the Youth Risk Behavior Survey could not be located. The page suggests visiting the CDC archives or using the search bar on CDC.gov to find the correct resource.

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