MD, MPH. Peds Hem/Onc. Data nerd using technology to improve healthcare for kids around the world. Love languages: graphs, references, Bayesian statistics
Mar 23, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I'm a doctor who does research.
I've annoyed DOZENS of statisticians.
Here are 5 proven ways to exasperate them.
#medtwitter#epitwitter#statstwitter1. Start every request for help with, "I know the p-value is the probability the null hypothesis is true..."
Then when they start to object, roll right into your request. "...so can you find smaller p-values?" or something along those lines.
Works every time.
Nov 14, 2019 • 16 tweets • 11 min read
How much #ChildhoodCancer is there in the world? What does that even mean? In this thread I’ll discuss some recent data to answer this q.
Short answer: There is (likely) much more than you thought!
(For the long answer see my recent podcast-ghccpod.com/gccp-edge1/) 1/14
First, credit where credit is due: these numbers come from research teams led by Dr. Jennifer Yeh and Zach Ward from @HarvardChanSPH, and Dr. @lisamforce and Dr. Bhakta from @StJude. I made the graphs using R (#rstat!) and @hadleywickham et al.'s #tidyverse packages. 2/14
