Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
@statsteph.bsky.social
Survey stats and data lover. #rstats, politics, Palestine, and more. Durham, NC, USA is home.
Photo of Lake Lure from Chimney Rock, NC.
https://github.com/szimmer
Photo of Lake Lure from Chimney Rock, NC.
https://github.com/szimmer
I'm looking forward to this talk! Thanks for the invite for this great conference
Anunciamos nuestra segunda keynote para #LatinR2025: @statsteph.bsky.social, Senior Research Statistician en RTI International & R-Ladies RTP, será una de las ponentes principales de esta edicióna
🗓️ Agenda del 1 al 5 de diciembre de 2025 – online y gratuito
🚀 Pronto abriremos inscripciones
🗓️ Agenda del 1 al 5 de diciembre de 2025 – online y gratuito
🚀 Pronto abriremos inscripciones
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm looking forward to this talk! Thanks for the invite for this great conference
New package alert. Something we've been working on at RTI to develop a package for sampling including Chromy's PPS sequential method. rtiinternational.github.io/SampleSelect... #rstats
Randomly select samples for various probability-based methods
Randomly select samples with SRS, systematic, and various PPS methods. Also includes functionality to select within strata and allocate sample sizes.
rtiinternational.github.io
September 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
New package alert. Something we've been working on at RTI to develop a package for sampling including Chromy's PPS sequential method. rtiinternational.github.io/SampleSelect... #rstats
Are you a R user and want to analyze this data? We have loads of examples for the ANES 2020 that you can adapt for this data! #rstats
github.com/tidy-survey-...
github.com/tidy-survey-...
August 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Are you a R user and want to analyze this data? We have loads of examples for the ANES 2020 that you can adapt for this data! #rstats
github.com/tidy-survey-...
github.com/tidy-survey-...
Registration deadline is August 1!
July 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Registration deadline is August 1!
@ivelasq3.bsky.social, Rebecca Powell, and I will be doing a tutorial on Survey Analysis in R. Tutorials (workshops) are included with registration!
July 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
@ivelasq3.bsky.social, Rebecca Powell, and I will be doing a tutorial on Survey Analysis in R. Tutorials (workshops) are included with registration!
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
I'm excited to go to my first @user-conf.bsky.social and give a workshop with @statsteph.bsky.social and RJP!
We'll be doing a tutorial on survey analysis in #RStats. Tutorials are included in the cost of the conference. Then, two days of stunning talks 🤩
Join us! user2025.r-project.org/register
We'll be doing a tutorial on survey analysis in #RStats. Tutorials are included in the cost of the conference. Then, two days of stunning talks 🤩
Join us! user2025.r-project.org/register
June 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm excited to go to my first @user-conf.bsky.social and give a workshop with @statsteph.bsky.social and RJP!
We'll be doing a tutorial on survey analysis in #RStats. Tutorials are included in the cost of the conference. Then, two days of stunning talks 🤩
Join us! user2025.r-project.org/register
We'll be doing a tutorial on survey analysis in #RStats. Tutorials are included in the cost of the conference. Then, two days of stunning talks 🤩
Join us! user2025.r-project.org/register
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in R.
Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register
useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University.
#RStats
Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register
useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University.
#RStats
May 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in R.
Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register
useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University.
#RStats
Register for in-person and virtual events:
user2025.r-project.org/register
useR! 2025 will be held Friday, August 8th to Sunday, August 10th at Duke University.
#RStats
Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists ropensci.org/events/datas... Less than half an hour!
Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists
A community support and networking event hosted by rOpenSci and Openscapes
ropensci.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Non-Government Career Paths for U.S. Federal Data Scientists ropensci.org/events/datas... Less than half an hour!
Today is the last day to register with early bird pricing! Hope to see you in Durham - I live here and its a great place. Plus what looks to be a good conference
REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
April 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today is the last day to register with early bird pricing! Hope to see you in Durham - I live here and its a great place. Plus what looks to be a good conference
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
April 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
REMINDER!!! Early Bird Registration for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
user2025.r-project.org/register
#useR2025 #RStats #coding #statistics #coding #data
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
In order to better align with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community, R-Ladies is re-branding to R-Ladies+! 💜 🌈 🏳️⚧️ ⚧️
✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand...
#rstats #rladies
✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand...
#rstats #rladies
R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ - R-Ladies Global
R-Ladies is a world-wide organization to promote gender diversity in the R community
rladies.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In order to better align with our mission to support all underrepresented genders in the R community, R-Ladies is re-branding to R-Ladies+! 💜 🌈 🏳️⚧️ ⚧️
✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand...
#rstats #rladies
✨ R-Ladies is rebranding to R-Ladies+ rladies.org/news/rebrand...
✨ Rebranding Call For Proposal rladies.org/news/rebrand...
#rstats #rladies
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
🎉 Census + #rstats users: A new version of the censusapi package is now on CRAN 📦
Highlights:
- Using an API key is no longer required
- New metadata function options
- Improved handling of numeric data
`install.packages("censusapi")` to update
Full release notes at www.hrecht.com/censusapi/ne...
Highlights:
- Using an API key is no longer required
- New metadata function options
- Improved handling of numeric data
`install.packages("censusapi")` to update
Full release notes at www.hrecht.com/censusapi/ne...
Changelog
www.hrecht.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎉 Census + #rstats users: A new version of the censusapi package is now on CRAN 📦
Highlights:
- Using an API key is no longer required
- New metadata function options
- Improved handling of numeric data
`install.packages("censusapi")` to update
Full release notes at www.hrecht.com/censusapi/ne...
Highlights:
- Using an API key is no longer required
- New metadata function options
- Improved handling of numeric data
`install.packages("censusapi")` to update
Full release notes at www.hrecht.com/censusapi/ne...
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
Please share! NC science networking event in Raleigh on 3/16.
All are welcome - academia, industry, government, or just support the sciences - come have a beer, meet local researchers, & show solidarity for the sciences.
Triangle State of Science Social
March 16 @ 12 pm
Trophy Brewing (Maywood)
All are welcome - academia, industry, government, or just support the sciences - come have a beer, meet local researchers, & show solidarity for the sciences.
Triangle State of Science Social
March 16 @ 12 pm
Trophy Brewing (Maywood)
February 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Please share! NC science networking event in Raleigh on 3/16.
All are welcome - academia, industry, government, or just support the sciences - come have a beer, meet local researchers, & show solidarity for the sciences.
Triangle State of Science Social
March 16 @ 12 pm
Trophy Brewing (Maywood)
All are welcome - academia, industry, government, or just support the sciences - come have a beer, meet local researchers, & show solidarity for the sciences.
Triangle State of Science Social
March 16 @ 12 pm
Trophy Brewing (Maywood)
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
If you need access to the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, folks here had created the findSVI R package to reconstruct it using the Census API (which still works): cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
findSVI: Calculate Social Vulnerability Index for Communities
Developed by CDC/ATSDR (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry), Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) serves as a tool to assess the resilience of com...
cran.r-project.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you need access to the CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index, folks here had created the findSVI R package to reconstruct it using the Census API (which still works): cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
🔈 Join @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social & #RLadies RTP for a session on Analyzing Complex Survey Data in #Rstats
📆 25 Feb @ 12 PM ET/6 PM CET
🎤 @statsteph.bsky.social, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Rebecca Powell
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cr6b9k6
Learn how to use {srvyr} & {tidyverse} for weighted survey analysis.
📆 25 Feb @ 12 PM ET/6 PM CET
🎤 @statsteph.bsky.social, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Rebecca Powell
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cr6b9k6
Learn how to use {srvyr} & {tidyverse} for weighted survey analysis.
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🔈 Join @rladiesamsterdam.bsky.social & #RLadies RTP for a session on Analyzing Complex Survey Data in #Rstats
📆 25 Feb @ 12 PM ET/6 PM CET
🎤 @statsteph.bsky.social, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Rebecca Powell
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cr6b9k6
Learn how to use {srvyr} & {tidyverse} for weighted survey analysis.
📆 25 Feb @ 12 PM ET/6 PM CET
🎤 @statsteph.bsky.social, @ivelasq3.bsky.social & Rebecca Powell
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cr6b9k6
Learn how to use {srvyr} & {tidyverse} for weighted survey analysis.
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
Ron Wasserstein, E.D. of the American Statistical Association, has just posted a statement regarding yesterday's shutdown of the US Census website and the removal more broadly of data collected with taxpayer funding from federal websites.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-wa... @amstatnews.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-wa... @amstatnews.bsky.social
Ron Wasserstein on LinkedIn: Census.gov | U.S. Census Bureau Homepage
Without explanation, the U.S. Census Bureau's website (census.gov) was taken offline for two hours on January 31, 2025, raising serious concerns about access…
www.linkedin.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ron Wasserstein, E.D. of the American Statistical Association, has just posted a statement regarding yesterday's shutdown of the US Census website and the removal more broadly of data collected with taxpayer funding from federal websites.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-wa... @amstatnews.bsky.social
www.linkedin.com/posts/ron-wa... @amstatnews.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
SIGN-ON Letter to Congressional leadership expressing concern about the recent incidents involving federal data being selectively removed from agency websites. Please consider signing on. Thank you.
We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data
February **, 2025
Re: Protecting and Preserving Public Access to Federal Data
Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries,
We write to express o...
docs.google.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
SIGN-ON Letter to Congressional leadership expressing concern about the recent incidents involving federal data being selectively removed from agency websites. Please consider signing on. Thank you.
We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
AAPOR releases a statement on access to federal data. Read more: bit.ly/aapordataaccess
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
AAPOR releases a statement on access to federal data. Read more: bit.ly/aapordataaccess
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
The ACLU is looking for trans individuals effected by the recent transphobic Executive Order in order to bring a lawsuit against it. Here is a form if you are comfortable submitting your info to potentially be represented by the ACLU to fight this EO.
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
Microsoft Forms
www.aclu.org
February 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The ACLU is looking for trans individuals effected by the recent transphobic Executive Order in order to bring a lawsuit against it. Here is a form if you are comfortable submitting your info to potentially be represented by the ACLU to fight this EO.
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
www.aclu.org/transpasspor...
Call for Proposals for useR 2025 is open! Come learn about R and what's going on and see my awesome city of Durham
UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025.
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025
useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.
user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025
useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.
user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats
Call for Submissions – useR! 2025
user2025.r-project.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Call for Proposals for useR 2025 is open! Come learn about R and what's going on and see my awesome city of Durham
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
BREAKING: Vital, nationally-representative data has been removed from the CDC website. "Everyone I know in public health and science more broadly is freaking out right now,” @albeccia.bsky.social told me. Read: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the CDC.
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: Vital, nationally-representative data has been removed from the CDC website. "Everyone I know in public health and science more broadly is freaking out right now,” @albeccia.bsky.social told me. Read: www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...
Reposted by Stephanie Zimmer (she/her)
The CDC has begun purging data. Example: The youth risk behavior survey...
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The CDC has begun purging data. Example: The youth risk behavior survey...