Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Louisa Smith Profile picture
Louisa Smith
@louisahsmith
Asst prof @Northeastern Health Sciences & @RouxInstitute. Epi methods, causal inference, biostats, repro, cancer epi, #rstats, teaching & learning. she/her
Oct 2, 2019 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
It’s October, which means that companies around the country are dousing everything with pink to show off that they “support breast cancer awareness.” I started wondering what it would look like if I turned all *my* work pink for the month.

So I made `theme_bc_aware()` ... (1/n) One way I distracted myself through breast cancer treatment was collecting and analyzing data on the process. What can I say, I am who I am. In the name of spreading some awareness of what my particular experience was like, I’ll share some figures. Some very *pink* figures. (2/n)
Jul 22, 2019 • 21 tweets • 7 min read
If you saw this and you’re not an avid follower of #epitwitter, you may have followed the link to the paper and thought, “Wow! Why is she so devoted to something so boring?” Well I'm here to tell you why *SELECTION BIAS* could keep me awake though the mid-chemo Benadryl haze. 1/ First, what do I mean by selection bias? The term is used differently between and even within disciplines, so let me clarify. 2/