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Dec 11, 2020 • 38 tweets • 11 min read
Exposing and explaining the deeply flawed and deliberately misleading use of statistical concepts in the Texas lawsuit filed in #SCOTUS: a thread.
It’s a long one, so get ready to dive in and figure out where that 1 in a quadrillion number came from and why it’s totally wrong!
First, some disclaimers:
- I am not a lawyer. I am a statistician.
- I did this analysis in my free time.
- Any opinions are mine alone.
I was encouraged to do this thread by my partner @jssmatt, who actually is a lawyer!
Nov 15, 2019 • 18 tweets • 19 min read
THREAD/RANT: Just watched a great #rstats webinar. Presenter is an author of many📦s. At the end, the host suggested that the (100s of) attendees go file issues on the 📦s Github repos & comment on the presenter's blog posts to ask Qs they didn't get answered in the webinar. 1/?
This is absolutely NOT how you get answers to #rstats questions. Not only will you waste the package author's time, you will waste your own time. So, here are some tips on how to get help in #rstats. TL;DR: filing Github issues, tweeting/emailing pkg author are LAST RESORTS. 2/?