Lara
@laracrc.bsky.social
Editor for #Statistics, #RStats and #DataScience books at Chapman & Hall/CRC Press. The usual caveats apply, views are my own. https://www.routledge.com/statistics
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Nominations are now open for the Rousseeuw Prize, the most prestigious in Statistics. Akin to Fields Medal
Prize: $1 million! Deadline: Feb 26
Categories for 2026:
🔵computational statistics & data science
🔵statistics in physical sciences
🔵statistics in economics & humanities
rousseeuwprize.org
Prize: $1 million! Deadline: Feb 26
Categories for 2026:
🔵computational statistics & data science
🔵statistics in physical sciences
🔵statistics in economics & humanities
rousseeuwprize.org
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics is a biennial prize to celebrate outstanding contributions to statistics research.
rousseeuwprize.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Nominations are now open for the Rousseeuw Prize, the most prestigious in Statistics. Akin to Fields Medal
Prize: $1 million! Deadline: Feb 26
Categories for 2026:
🔵computational statistics & data science
🔵statistics in physical sciences
🔵statistics in economics & humanities
rousseeuwprize.org
Prize: $1 million! Deadline: Feb 26
Categories for 2026:
🔵computational statistics & data science
🔵statistics in physical sciences
🔵statistics in economics & humanities
rousseeuwprize.org
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👀 New blog post! 👀
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
How to create a more accessible line chart – Nicola Rennie
The default settings for chart software are not guaranteed to be accessible, and often need to be adapted for your own chart. In this blog post, we’ll transform a line chart to make it more accessible...
nrennie.rbind.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
👀 New blog post! 👀
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
Ever made a *spaghetti* line chart and wondered how you can make it more accessible and more aesthetically pleasing at the same time? 📈
Read this blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/accessi...
#DataViz #RStats
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Some 15 years ago my colleague Parry Clarke said to me, "Dude stop complaining and write your own stats book!" So I did. It definitely changed my life, and I'm glad it has had a positive impact on others.
One of my aims at the time was to make sure we can show this relationship in simulated data, inspired by
@rmcelreath.bsky.social's approach to statistics. Statistical Rethinking is a life-changing book, this paper wouldn't be the way it is now without it. Very grateful to McElreath!
@rmcelreath.bsky.social's approach to statistics. Statistical Rethinking is a life-changing book, this paper wouldn't be the way it is now without it. Very grateful to McElreath!
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Some 15 years ago my colleague Parry Clarke said to me, "Dude stop complaining and write your own stats book!" So I did. It definitely changed my life, and I'm glad it has had a positive impact on others.
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Since 2013, “Stats + Stories” has explored the stats behind the stories & the stories behind the stats—from sports to pop culture, health, and more. The podcast was recently featured in “Behind the Mic: Meet the Minds of the ‘Stats + Stories’ Podcast.” tinyurl.com/39nbf82d @johnbailer.bsky.social
Behind the mic: Meet the minds of the ‘Stats + Stories’ podcast
After nearly 400 episodes, “Stats + Stories” has become a podcast where statisticians, journalists and the curious can listen in to make sense of the world around them.
tinyurl.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Since 2013, “Stats + Stories” has explored the stats behind the stories & the stories behind the stats—from sports to pop culture, health, and more. The podcast was recently featured in “Behind the Mic: Meet the Minds of the ‘Stats + Stories’ Podcast.” tinyurl.com/39nbf82d @johnbailer.bsky.social
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Dirac's equation, quantum electrodynamics, atomic and molecular structure
@tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Dirac's equation, quantum electrodynamics, atomic and molecular structure
@tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Here's a little round up of my 2025 year in #DataViz featuring
💜 Some of my favourite #RStats charts
💜 A look back at 5 years of #TidyTuesday
💜 Links to cool #QuartoPub and visualisation things I've seen this year
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/year-in...
💜 Some of my favourite #RStats charts
💜 A look back at 5 years of #TidyTuesday
💜 Links to cool #QuartoPub and visualisation things I've seen this year
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/year-in...
My year in data visualisation – Nicola Rennie
A round up of my projects this year, highlighting some of my favourite charts from 2025, and looking back on five years of TidyTuesday contributions.
nrennie.rbind.io
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here's a little round up of my 2025 year in #DataViz featuring
💜 Some of my favourite #RStats charts
💜 A look back at 5 years of #TidyTuesday
💜 Links to cool #QuartoPub and visualisation things I've seen this year
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/year-in...
💜 Some of my favourite #RStats charts
💜 A look back at 5 years of #TidyTuesday
💜 Links to cool #QuartoPub and visualisation things I've seen this year
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/year-in...
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#30daymapchallenge · Jour 30 · Relooking
🌍 Europe · Europa · Ευρώπη · Європа
🔍 Zoomez pour découvrir les villes d'Europe dans leur langue.
🔽 L'ancienne carte, en commentaire, utilisait un texte de substitution, réalisée pour le #30daymapchallenge 2024.
#cartographie #map #europe #europa
🌍 Europe · Europa · Ευρώπη · Європа
🔍 Zoomez pour découvrir les villes d'Europe dans leur langue.
🔽 L'ancienne carte, en commentaire, utilisait un texte de substitution, réalisée pour le #30daymapchallenge 2024.
#cartographie #map #europe #europa
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
#30daymapchallenge · Jour 30 · Relooking
🌍 Europe · Europa · Ευρώπη · Європа
🔍 Zoomez pour découvrir les villes d'Europe dans leur langue.
🔽 L'ancienne carte, en commentaire, utilisait un texte de substitution, réalisée pour le #30daymapchallenge 2024.
#cartographie #map #europe #europa
🌍 Europe · Europa · Ευρώπη · Європа
🔍 Zoomez pour découvrir les villes d'Europe dans leur langue.
🔽 L'ancienne carte, en commentaire, utilisait un texte de substitution, réalisée pour le #30daymapchallenge 2024.
#cartographie #map #europe #europa
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The editor of the ASA’s journal "Statistics and Data Science in Imaging" invites submissions for a special issue on spatial statistics in imaging with the support of the ASA Statistics and the Environment and Statistics in Epidemiology sections. Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The editor of the ASA’s journal "Statistics and Data Science in Imaging" invites submissions for a special issue on spatial statistics in imaging with the support of the ASA Statistics and the Environment and Statistics in Epidemiology sections. Learn more: magazine.amstat.org/...
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🚀 Excited to speak at the Rome R User Group Thu, Nov 27 (6PM CET)!
I’ll show practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R — including tools to avoid spatial bias and improve prediction reliability.
More info: www.meetup.com/rome-r-users...
#RStats #Geospatial #GISchat #RSpatial
I’ll show practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R — including tools to avoid spatial bias and improve prediction reliability.
More info: www.meetup.com/rome-r-users...
#RStats #Geospatial #GISchat #RSpatial
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚀 Excited to speak at the Rome R User Group Thu, Nov 27 (6PM CET)!
I’ll show practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R — including tools to avoid spatial bias and improve prediction reliability.
More info: www.meetup.com/rome-r-users...
#RStats #Geospatial #GISchat #RSpatial
I’ll show practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R — including tools to avoid spatial bias and improve prediction reliability.
More info: www.meetup.com/rome-r-users...
#RStats #Geospatial #GISchat #RSpatial
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In honour of today being the second-most-popular day to be birthed, here's my second-favourite birthday distribution chart
September 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In honour of today being the second-most-popular day to be birthed, here's my second-favourite birthday distribution chart
Lovely to see all the books from the series💚 @clairemkbowen.bsky.social @johnbailer.bsky.social
ASA’s Ron Wasserstein shares exciting news from ASA headquarters—new titles in the ASA-CRC Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society have arrived! Watch his video to learn more and then explore these books that show how statistics shapes our world: tinyurl.com/4psncp6b
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Lovely to see all the books from the series💚 @clairemkbowen.bsky.social @johnbailer.bsky.social
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There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
September 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊
#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
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Inspired by @nrennie.bsky.social excellent #TidyTuesday plot on the power of passports, I adapted the idea to look at refugee origins.
This chart ranks countries of origin of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international protection, grouped by region.
#RStats #ggplot2 #Refugees
This chart ranks countries of origin of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international protection, grouped by region.
#RStats #ggplot2 #Refugees
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Inspired by @nrennie.bsky.social excellent #TidyTuesday plot on the power of passports, I adapted the idea to look at refugee origins.
This chart ranks countries of origin of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international protection, grouped by region.
#RStats #ggplot2 #Refugees
This chart ranks countries of origin of refugees, asylum-seekers, and others in need of international protection, grouped by region.
#RStats #ggplot2 #Refugees
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My personal library's looking healthy 😁
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My personal library's looking healthy 😁
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September is #GynaecologicalCancerAwarenessMonth.
#OvarianCancer is the most devastating gynaecological cancer in the UK.
The UKCTOCS trial involved over 200,000 women to explore if screening could save lives, but it wasn’t without challenges.
🎧 Discover the insights in this #TrialTalk episode:
#OvarianCancer is the most devastating gynaecological cancer in the UK.
The UKCTOCS trial involved over 200,000 women to explore if screening could save lives, but it wasn’t without challenges.
🎧 Discover the insights in this #TrialTalk episode:
Lessons from UKCTOCS, a large-scale trial in ovarian cancer screening
UKCTOCS (UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening) is one of the largest screening trials in ovarian cancer. More than 200,000 women from England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in it,
buff.ly
September 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
September is #GynaecologicalCancerAwarenessMonth.
#OvarianCancer is the most devastating gynaecological cancer in the UK.
The UKCTOCS trial involved over 200,000 women to explore if screening could save lives, but it wasn’t without challenges.
🎧 Discover the insights in this #TrialTalk episode:
#OvarianCancer is the most devastating gynaecological cancer in the UK.
The UKCTOCS trial involved over 200,000 women to explore if screening could save lives, but it wasn’t without challenges.
🎧 Discover the insights in this #TrialTalk episode:
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I'm really looking forward to this session!
Some of the things I'll be talking about include:
📖 Writing about #RStats with #QuartoPub
✍️ Working with @laracrc.bsky.social at CRC Press
📊 How it all started with some #TidyTuesday charts!
#StatsEd #DataViz
Some of the things I'll be talking about include:
📖 Writing about #RStats with #QuartoPub
✍️ Working with @laracrc.bsky.social at CRC Press
📊 How it all started with some #TidyTuesday charts!
#StatsEd #DataViz
Excited to participate in 'Book Publication as a Scholarly Activity for Statisticians ...' @ 11.30 on Thurs 4 Sept @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference with Margaret MacDougall, @nrennie.bsky.social and Rhys Jones. We'll be sharing publication experiences & answering Q's! @rss-teach.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm really looking forward to this session!
Some of the things I'll be talking about include:
📖 Writing about #RStats with #QuartoPub
✍️ Working with @laracrc.bsky.social at CRC Press
📊 How it all started with some #TidyTuesday charts!
#StatsEd #DataViz
Some of the things I'll be talking about include:
📖 Writing about #RStats with #QuartoPub
✍️ Working with @laracrc.bsky.social at CRC Press
📊 How it all started with some #TidyTuesday charts!
#StatsEd #DataViz
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At @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference next week, I'll be talking in the 'Book Publication as a Scholarly Activity for Statisticians' session @ 11.30 on Thu 4 Sep - which I'm really excited about!
(Very subtle announcement that there's a #DataViz book from me coming soon!)
#StatsEd #RSS2025Conf
(Very subtle announcement that there's a #DataViz book from me coming soon!)
#StatsEd #RSS2025Conf
August 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference next week, I'll be talking in the 'Book Publication as a Scholarly Activity for Statisticians' session @ 11.30 on Thu 4 Sep - which I'm really excited about!
(Very subtle announcement that there's a #DataViz book from me coming soon!)
#StatsEd #RSS2025Conf
(Very subtle announcement that there's a #DataViz book from me coming soon!)
#StatsEd #RSS2025Conf
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For this week's #TidyTuesday data about Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones, I decided to make a sheet music-themed chart 📊 - that will probably manage to annoy #DataViz people as much as music people! 🎶
Thanks to @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social for curating the data!
#RStats #ggplot2
Thanks to @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social for curating the data!
#RStats #ggplot2
August 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
For this week's #TidyTuesday data about Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones, I decided to make a sheet music-themed chart 📊 - that will probably manage to annoy #DataViz people as much as music people! 🎶
Thanks to @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social for curating the data!
#RStats #ggplot2
Thanks to @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social for curating the data!
#RStats #ggplot2
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Just in time for the start of a new school year - a podcast discussion of evaluating student success. Also check out other Stats+Stories education-related #podcast episodes #EduSky
statsandstories.net/education
statsandstories.net/education
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just in time for the start of a new school year - a podcast discussion of evaluating student success. Also check out other Stats+Stories education-related #podcast episodes #EduSky
statsandstories.net/education
statsandstories.net/education
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If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Introduction to Julia for R users – Nicola Rennie
This blog post will give R users an overview of what Julia is and why they might want to use it, introduce some data processing Julia packages, and show how they can incorporate Julia into existing R ...
nrennie.rbind.io
August 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social
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CRAN: "thanks, package heplots_1.7.8.tar.gz is on its way to CRAN!"
Added a distancePlot(), a very nice diagnostic plot for multivariate linear models.Shows leverage & outliers together
in a way that shows both problems.
See: friendly.github.io/heplots/
Added a distancePlot(), a very nice diagnostic plot for multivariate linear models.Shows leverage & outliers together
in a way that shows both problems.
See: friendly.github.io/heplots/
August 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
CRAN: "thanks, package heplots_1.7.8.tar.gz is on its way to CRAN!"
Added a distancePlot(), a very nice diagnostic plot for multivariate linear models.Shows leverage & outliers together
in a way that shows both problems.
See: friendly.github.io/heplots/
Added a distancePlot(), a very nice diagnostic plot for multivariate linear models.Shows leverage & outliers together
in a way that shows both problems.
See: friendly.github.io/heplots/
Happy Friday 🌍! We are giving away one copy of 'Spatial Linear Models for Environmental Data'. To enter, simply follow me and re-post this by the end of Sunday, August 17. #spatial #environment # #data #StatsSky routledge.com/9780367183349 not associated with bsky
August 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Happy Friday 🌍! We are giving away one copy of 'Spatial Linear Models for Environmental Data'. To enter, simply follow me and re-post this by the end of Sunday, August 17. #spatial #environment # #data #StatsSky routledge.com/9780367183349 not associated with bsky
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some light teasing for an upcoming quarto revealjs plugin I have been working on
August 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
some light teasing for an upcoming quarto revealjs plugin I have been working on
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Taylor 🐿️ & Francis 🦔 are enjoying hanging out at their booth at #MathFest2025!
@joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
@joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Taylor 🐿️ & Francis 🦔 are enjoying hanging out at their booth at #MathFest2025!
@joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
@joinmaa.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social