Ben Harrap
@bharrap.bsky.social
doer of data things at Yardhura Walani
vice president of statsoc.org.au
I do #rstats, surveys, biostatistics, #IDSov
on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands
not Indigenous, non-binary (they/them)
benharrap.com
vice president of statsoc.org.au
I do #rstats, surveys, biostatistics, #IDSov
on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands
not Indigenous, non-binary (they/them)
benharrap.com
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Ben Harrap
@bharrap.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Re-sharing my starter pack so I can update my pinned post
If you're a statistician, data scientist, or someone doing statsy or data sciencey things in Australia or Aotearoa (New Zealand) and want to be on the list, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/3wERdAo
If you're a statistician, data scientist, or someone doing statsy or data sciencey things in Australia or Aotearoa (New Zealand) and want to be on the list, just let me know!
go.bsky.app/3wERdAo
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Lots to unpack in this blog post by @robjhyndman.com
#rstats #stats
Does anyone know similar stories?
robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/oz...
#rstats #stats
Does anyone know similar stories?
robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/oz...
How NASA didn’t discover the hole in the ozone layer – Rob J Hyndman
I am writing a new textbook on anomaly detection. It probably won’t be finished for at least a year, but here is an excerpt.
robjhyndman.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Lots to unpack in this blog post by @robjhyndman.com
#rstats #stats
Does anyone know similar stories?
robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/oz...
#rstats #stats
Does anyone know similar stories?
robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/oz...
Sunday roast time 🤤
February 15, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Sunday roast time 🤤
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus
"Our focus is on reducing women in the House of Reps, but we're on track also reduce our female vote to zero too."
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
chaser.com.au/national/ang...
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus
case_when() is my number 1 tidyverse function ❤️ this #rstats update
Very cool technical dive into how it works too, which I'm glad is consistent with how I explain case_when() conditions when I'm teaching it!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
Very cool technical dive into how it works too, which I'm glad is consistent with how I explain case_when() conditions when I'm teaching it!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
`dplyr::if_else()` and `dplyr::case_when()` are up to 30x faster
dplyr 1.2.0 comes with much faster and more memory efficient `if_else()` and `case_when()` functions!
tidyverse.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
case_when() is my number 1 tidyverse function ❤️ this #rstats update
Very cool technical dive into how it works too, which I'm glad is consistent with how I explain case_when() conditions when I'm teaching it!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
Very cool technical dive into how it works too, which I'm glad is consistent with how I explain case_when() conditions when I'm teaching it!
tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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The town hall auditorium is huge, so I'm going to need help to promote this event so the space doesn't echo. It's free. The line up is amazing. So please consider attending if you're in Adelaide that day.
Proud to announce bookings (free) are open for Rivers of Reason: Blak & Arab Writers in Conversation. Monday 2 March 2026, 2.30 - 7.30 in town hall, Tarntanya (Adelaide). As part of Constellations writers festival. Info about program & speakers on booking page >
events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...
events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...
February 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The town hall auditorium is huge, so I'm going to need help to promote this event so the space doesn't echo. It's free. The line up is amazing. So please consider attending if you're in Adelaide that day.
The role of perceived sandwich origin on gustatory satisfaction: a study protocol – Ben Harrap
benharrap.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Canberra multicultural festival is one of my favourite events here although I don't have an appetite or bank account big enough for all the food on offer
This year's highlights were Kottu Roti from a Sri Lankan stall and a coconut/pineapple/watermelon iced drink from a Tongan stand 🤤
This year's highlights were Kottu Roti from a Sri Lankan stall and a coconut/pineapple/watermelon iced drink from a Tongan stand 🤤
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The Canberra multicultural festival is one of my favourite events here although I don't have an appetite or bank account big enough for all the food on offer
This year's highlights were Kottu Roti from a Sri Lankan stall and a coconut/pineapple/watermelon iced drink from a Tongan stand 🤤
This year's highlights were Kottu Roti from a Sri Lankan stall and a coconut/pineapple/watermelon iced drink from a Tongan stand 🤤
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I got so much feedback on my post about transforming covariates that I decided to write a blog post on the topic of data in linear models.
All Your Data R Fixed: Transforming Your RHS Covariates Won’t Fix Your Outcome Distribution
Enjoy!
#rstats
www.robertkubinec.com/post/fixed_d...
All Your Data R Fixed: Transforming Your RHS Covariates Won’t Fix Your Outcome Distribution
Enjoy!
#rstats
www.robertkubinec.com/post/fixed_d...
All Your Data R Fixed – Homepage
In all conventional regression models, the data are fixed–they don’t have a probability distribution. This means transforming your data with logs or other functions won’t change the probability distri...
www.robertkubinec.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I got so much feedback on my post about transforming covariates that I decided to write a blog post on the topic of data in linear models.
All Your Data R Fixed: Transforming Your RHS Covariates Won’t Fix Your Outcome Distribution
Enjoy!
#rstats
www.robertkubinec.com/post/fixed_d...
All Your Data R Fixed: Transforming Your RHS Covariates Won’t Fix Your Outcome Distribution
Enjoy!
#rstats
www.robertkubinec.com/post/fixed_d...
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Don't know why it's taken so long to be classified as such. But I'm glad that it now has.
Breaking: Invasion Day rally attempted bombing declared terrorist act
The attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth's CBD last week is declared a terrorist attack by authorities.
www.abc.net.au
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Don't know why it's taken so long to be classified as such. But I'm glad that it now has.
The dream dplyr update for my data cleaning pipelines 😍
filter_out() is going to be SO nice, no longer will I need to wrangle with annoying is.na() conditions
replace_values() and recode_values() also going to be a dream too, go read the post!
#rstats
filter_out() is going to be SO nice, no longer will I need to wrangle with annoying is.na() conditions
replace_values() and recode_values() also going to be a dream too, go read the post!
#rstats
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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There's more than one way to do it: Perl, R, Stan
There's exactly one way to do it: Python, BUGS
There's at most one way to do it: SPSS, SAS
There's exactly one way to do it: Python, BUGS
There's at most one way to do it: SPSS, SAS
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 AM
There's more than one way to do it: Perl, R, Stan
There's exactly one way to do it: Python, BUGS
There's at most one way to do it: SPSS, SAS
There's exactly one way to do it: Python, BUGS
There's at most one way to do it: SPSS, SAS
Are you a #Stata user? Maybe you work with one?
Have you ever found yourself copy-pasting from the results window?
It's annoying as hell! And terrible practice. So I wrote a blog post on using #rstats to extract results from Stata log files
benharrap.com/post/2026-02...
Have you ever found yourself copy-pasting from the results window?
It's annoying as hell! And terrible practice. So I wrote a blog post on using #rstats to extract results from Stata log files
benharrap.com/post/2026-02...
Using R to extract results from Stata log files – Ben Harrap
benharrap.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Are you a #Stata user? Maybe you work with one?
Have you ever found yourself copy-pasting from the results window?
It's annoying as hell! And terrible practice. So I wrote a blog post on using #rstats to extract results from Stata log files
benharrap.com/post/2026-02...
Have you ever found yourself copy-pasting from the results window?
It's annoying as hell! And terrible practice. So I wrote a blog post on using #rstats to extract results from Stata log files
benharrap.com/post/2026-02...
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Do you sometimes think "oh boy, I would really like to hear Julia ramble some more about the topics about which she doesn't stop talking to begin with?"
The wait is finally over! @guruspod.bsky.social and had a chat about open science, causal inference, and apparently birth order effects.
The wait is finally over! @guruspod.bsky.social and had a chat about open science, causal inference, and apparently birth order effects.
Open Science, Psychology, and the Art of Not Quite Claiming Causality with Julia Rohrer - Decoding the Gurus
In a rare departure from our usual diet of online weirdos, this episode features an academic who is very much not a guru. We’re joined by Julia Rohrer...
decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Do you sometimes think "oh boy, I would really like to hear Julia ramble some more about the topics about which she doesn't stop talking to begin with?"
The wait is finally over! @guruspod.bsky.social and had a chat about open science, causal inference, and apparently birth order effects.
The wait is finally over! @guruspod.bsky.social and had a chat about open science, causal inference, and apparently birth order effects.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Social meaning of money
Refugees, human rights, violence and fear
Sex, gender and social life
Psychology and social behaviour
Being human: culture, identity and society
Social meaning of money
Refugees, human rights, violence and fear
Sex, gender and social life
Psychology and social behaviour
Being human: culture, identity and society
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
US politics,
Propaganda and foreign policy,
Defense policy analysis,
Third world politics,
Feminist Political Theory
US politics,
Propaganda and foreign policy,
Defense policy analysis,
Third world politics,
Feminist Political Theory
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
African-American Culture & The Korean War
7 Lamps of Literature
Poets of The Interregnum
Physics For Artists
Mark Twain
African-American Culture & The Korean War
7 Lamps of Literature
Poets of The Interregnum
Physics For Artists
Mark Twain
January 31, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Social meaning of money
Refugees, human rights, violence and fear
Sex, gender and social life
Psychology and social behaviour
Being human: culture, identity and society
Social meaning of money
Refugees, human rights, violence and fear
Sex, gender and social life
Psychology and social behaviour
Being human: culture, identity and society
Look I'm not going to open a cake decorating business any time soon but I think there's enough whimsy here for a 3-year old's birthday party
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Look I'm not going to open a cake decorating business any time soon but I think there's enough whimsy here for a 3-year old's birthday party
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It's incredible to see the linguistic gymnatics the media will perform in defence of whiteness when a white man throws a bomb at black people. It's not a bomb, it's a "device designed to explode". Get ready for he's not a terrorist, he's just mentally unwell.
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 AM
It's incredible to see the linguistic gymnatics the media will perform in defence of whiteness when a white man throws a bomb at black people. It's not a bomb, it's a "device designed to explode". Get ready for he's not a terrorist, he's just mentally unwell.
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Are there any R users working for the Australian federal dept of health? I’d love to hear from you!
New gig, new people to meet :)
New gig, new people to meet :)
January 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Are there any R users working for the Australian federal dept of health? I’d love to hear from you!
New gig, new people to meet :)
New gig, new people to meet :)
Reposted by Ben Harrap
Big things are happening in the #HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons!
We’re connecting researchers, communities & #data to make research faster, more accessible & culturally respectful.
Check out the latest updates, new tools & opportunities to get involved:
🔗 https://ow.ly/AGZg50Y1w8X
We’re connecting researchers, communities & #data to make research faster, more accessible & culturally respectful.
Check out the latest updates, new tools & opportunities to get involved:
🔗 https://ow.ly/AGZg50Y1w8X
Latest Updates from the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons (Dec 2025) | ARDC
Jenny Fewster, Director of the HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons, shares highlights from the year, the Graduate Digital Research Fellowship and the 2026 Summer School, as well as news, events and resources for HASS research.
ow.ly
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Big things are happening in the #HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons!
We’re connecting researchers, communities & #data to make research faster, more accessible & culturally respectful.
Check out the latest updates, new tools & opportunities to get involved:
🔗 https://ow.ly/AGZg50Y1w8X
We’re connecting researchers, communities & #data to make research faster, more accessible & culturally respectful.
Check out the latest updates, new tools & opportunities to get involved:
🔗 https://ow.ly/AGZg50Y1w8X
I love that getting a toddler to eat is entirely a marketing problem
If there's the slightest hint of 'bits' on the food, it becomes completely inedible
But if I hype it up and it comes in a special jar called "furikake" (which is basically ONLY bits), it's the best thing ever
If there's the slightest hint of 'bits' on the food, it becomes completely inedible
But if I hype it up and it comes in a special jar called "furikake" (which is basically ONLY bits), it's the best thing ever
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I love that getting a toddler to eat is entirely a marketing problem
If there's the slightest hint of 'bits' on the food, it becomes completely inedible
But if I hype it up and it comes in a special jar called "furikake" (which is basically ONLY bits), it's the best thing ever
If there's the slightest hint of 'bits' on the food, it becomes completely inedible
But if I hype it up and it comes in a special jar called "furikake" (which is basically ONLY bits), it's the best thing ever
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On 26 Jan 1788 the British invaded lands of a couple of First Nations. There's over 300 Nations on this continent, so 100s of invasions occurred over many decades. There were Martu people in 1964 who'd never heard of white people. Invasion was not a single day. Colonisation is not a single event
January 26, 2026 at 3:38 AM
On 26 Jan 1788 the British invaded lands of a couple of First Nations. There's over 300 Nations on this continent, so 100s of invasions occurred over many decades. There were Martu people in 1964 who'd never heard of white people. Invasion was not a single day. Colonisation is not a single event
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15 people shot on Bondi Beach and the government introduced new legislation within days.
1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days.
2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets.
Their priorities are wrong!
1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days.
2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets.
Their priorities are wrong!
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
15 people shot on Bondi Beach and the government introduced new legislation within days.
1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days.
2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets.
Their priorities are wrong!
1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days.
2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets.
Their priorities are wrong!
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As tomorrow beckons in all its heat, anger and frustration. Remember we are charge of the course we chart. We know where we’re going, because we know where we’ve been. This from the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
🖤💛❤️
🖤💛❤️
January 25, 2026 at 8:53 AM
As tomorrow beckons in all its heat, anger and frustration. Remember we are charge of the course we chart. We know where we’re going, because we know where we’ve been. This from the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
🖤💛❤️
🖤💛❤️
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thanks!
Now I remember that exact image from reading the r4ds book years ago, guess it bit me until now!
I had just written a for loop that compared the sums of all the columns in two supposedly identical data frames just for a quick test and I was surprised that one had a sum of "nearly 0".
Now I remember that exact image from reading the r4ds book years ago, guess it bit me until now!
I had just written a for loop that compared the sums of all the columns in two supposedly identical data frames just for a quick test and I was surprised that one had a sum of "nearly 0".
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 AM
thanks!
Now I remember that exact image from reading the r4ds book years ago, guess it bit me until now!
I had just written a for loop that compared the sums of all the columns in two supposedly identical data frames just for a quick test and I was surprised that one had a sum of "nearly 0".
Now I remember that exact image from reading the r4ds book years ago, guess it bit me until now!
I had just written a for loop that compared the sums of all the columns in two supposedly identical data frames just for a quick test and I was surprised that one had a sum of "nearly 0".
Here I am writing #rstats functions for my colleagues to extract results from Stata log files for Quarto reporting
Little do they know Quarto is the gateway to R, I'll have them hooked in no time!
Little do they know Quarto is the gateway to R, I'll have them hooked in no time!
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Here I am writing #rstats functions for my colleagues to extract results from Stata log files for Quarto reporting
Little do they know Quarto is the gateway to R, I'll have them hooked in no time!
Little do they know Quarto is the gateway to R, I'll have them hooked in no time!
Reposted by Ben Harrap
Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums