Kiegan Rice
@kiegan.bsky.social
Data nerd. Statistician. R, data viz, and sci comm person. Senior Stat at NORC.
I get an automated email in my inbox every single morning describing what changed overnight in a harmonized dataset from 50+ open data portals.
Data science is messy, and hard, and the reality is not that glamorous.
⬇️ Check out our reflections on a year of maintaining the Live Crime Tracker!
Data science is messy, and hard, and the reality is not that glamorous.
⬇️ Check out our reflections on a year of maintaining the Live Crime Tracker!
Crime data has huge potential but most cities fall short. Of 200 largest U.S. cities, just 64 share usable incident data. Accessible formats, standardized reporting, documented corrections and strategic partnerships would help transform public safety insights.
Find out more: go.norc.org/467WxIn
Find out more: go.norc.org/467WxIn
What We Learned from a Year of Tracking Crime Data
Open crime data has potential, but poor accessibility, inconsistency across sources, and changes over time limit its usefulness for analysis and policymaking.
go.norc.org
June 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I get an automated email in my inbox every single morning describing what changed overnight in a harmonized dataset from 50+ open data portals.
Data science is messy, and hard, and the reality is not that glamorous.
⬇️ Check out our reflections on a year of maintaining the Live Crime Tracker!
Data science is messy, and hard, and the reality is not that glamorous.
⬇️ Check out our reflections on a year of maintaining the Live Crime Tracker!
Reposted by Kiegan Rice
This is a fun piece on denominators to share with your friends, written with my @wakeforest.bsky.social colleague Jeff Camm!
Remember that statistics alone aren't always data; they are descriptions of data.
One Simple Way to Get Better at Reading Data
Senior leaders are likely to be a consumer of statistics calculated by their direct reports to help them make informed decisions. While data are observed, the presenter decides which statistics are…
buff.ly
May 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is a fun piece on denominators to share with your friends, written with my @wakeforest.bsky.social colleague Jeff Camm!
Reposted by Kiegan Rice
Monash University has made many positions available specifically for young and early career researchers who would like to take some time away from the USA. These are case by case, not advertised. So if you are interested or know anyone interested have them get in contact with someone at Monash.
May 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Monash University has made many positions available specifically for young and early career researchers who would like to take some time away from the USA. These are case by case, not advertised. So if you are interested or know anyone interested have them get in contact with someone at Monash.
i'd fork this repo
March 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
i'd fork this repo
Reposted by Kiegan Rice
Reposted by Kiegan Rice
Crime dropped in 2024. How much? Record-breaking amounts in several categories. www.norc.org/research/lib...
Live Crime Tracker Shows Continued Major Crime Declines in 2024 | NORC at the University of Chicago
Crime rates in major U.S. cities declined substantially in 2024, according to new data from NORC at the University of Chicago’s new Live Crime Tracker.
www.norc.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Crime dropped in 2024. How much? Record-breaking amounts in several categories. www.norc.org/research/lib...
Reposted by Kiegan Rice
SAVE THE DATES!!! Great news: useR 2025 will take place at Duke University, in Durham, NC, USA, August 8-10! More details to announced shortly, so stay tuned via duke-university-ocmd.read.axioshq.com/signup/user_...
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useR! - The R User Conference on LinkedIn: #rstats #datascience #coding #rlanguage #statistics #computing #opensource…
SAVE THE DATES!!! Great news: useR 2025 will take place at Duke University, in Durham, NC, USA, August 8-10!
More details to announced shortly, so stay tuned…
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December 29, 2024 at 11:35 PM
SAVE THE DATES!!! Great news: useR 2025 will take place at Duke University, in Durham, NC, USA, August 8-10! More details to announced shortly, so stay tuned via duke-university-ocmd.read.axioshq.com/signup/user_...
www.linkedin.com/posts/user-c...
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this but for my unread emails
🤔Problem: You like the idea of #AdventOfCode but you have tons of outstanding #GitHub issues!
🤗Solution: Install the below bookmarklet (copy code into the address field of a bookmark) and turn any GH issues page into an advent calendar!
Code: gist.github.com/tylermorganw...
#RStats #python #coding
🤗Solution: Install the below bookmarklet (copy code into the address field of a bookmark) and turn any GH issues page into an advent calendar!
Code: gist.github.com/tylermorganw...
#RStats #python #coding
December 4, 2024 at 3:23 AM
this but for my unread emails
Last year I started an annual "R Trivia Night" at our org's R Users Group as a fun way to close out the year. In prepping for this year's, I'm reviewing my (diabolical) questions from the inaugural event. Enjoy.
#rstats
(answers as of Dec. 18, 2023)
#rstats
(answers as of Dec. 18, 2023)
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Last year I started an annual "R Trivia Night" at our org's R Users Group as a fun way to close out the year. In prepping for this year's, I'm reviewing my (diabolical) questions from the inaugural event. Enjoy.
#rstats
(answers as of Dec. 18, 2023)
#rstats
(answers as of Dec. 18, 2023)
⬇️ find the stat graphics squad!
I've begun a statistical graphics starter pack at go.bsky.app/EMb8xWf . Please help me find more people or feeds to add to this pack. #rstats #visualisation #statistics 📈
November 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
⬇️ find the stat graphics squad!
late to sharing this over here but wheeee posit::conf(2024) talks are up on YouTube!! go check out my talk "Wait, That's Shiny?" if you like thinking creatively about what Shiny can do and/or like dorky concept graphics
youtu.be/SAbV6d7Pn0U?...
youtu.be/SAbV6d7Pn0U?...
Wait, that’s Shiny? Building feature-full, user-friendly interactive data explorers - Posit Conf
YouTube video by Posit PBC
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 2:40 AM
late to sharing this over here but wheeee posit::conf(2024) talks are up on YouTube!! go check out my talk "Wait, That's Shiny?" if you like thinking creatively about what Shiny can do and/or like dorky concept graphics
youtu.be/SAbV6d7Pn0U?...
youtu.be/SAbV6d7Pn0U?...
Thought I might as well get around to introducing myself over here :)
I'm a #DataViz, #RStats, #Reproducibility, and #SciComm person. If you want to learn more about what that means, check out my website (built in Quarto!):
kiegan.github.io
I'm a #DataViz, #RStats, #Reproducibility, and #SciComm person. If you want to learn more about what that means, check out my website (built in Quarto!):
kiegan.github.io
Kiegan Rice
kiegan.github.io
November 18, 2023 at 8:01 PM
Thought I might as well get around to introducing myself over here :)
I'm a #DataViz, #RStats, #Reproducibility, and #SciComm person. If you want to learn more about what that means, check out my website (built in Quarto!):
kiegan.github.io
I'm a #DataViz, #RStats, #Reproducibility, and #SciComm person. If you want to learn more about what that means, check out my website (built in Quarto!):
kiegan.github.io