Dan Lewer
@danlewer.bsky.social
Consultant in Public Health at Bradford Institute for Health Research. Interested in quantitative research methods and mental health
Thanks for this fascinating example! Just based on the Wikipedia page it doesn't sound like a classic "factors associated with" exercise, but more of a clinical observation. But I'm looking forward to reading Norman Gregg's paper on this
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Thanks for this fascinating example! Just based on the Wikipedia page it doesn't sound like a classic "factors associated with" exercise, but more of a clinical observation. But I'm looking forward to reading Norman Gregg's paper on this
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
Google came up with something useful by moving the data around -maybe some kind of advanced bootstrapping
October 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Google came up with something useful by moving the data around -maybe some kind of advanced bootstrapping
I asked chatgpt to analyse the graph
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I asked chatgpt to analyse the graph
See if you can figure out this note to an NHS press release, explaining what it means when there is no statistical evidence of a difference between two numbers - www.england.nhs.uk/2023/11/one-...
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
See if you can figure out this note to an NHS press release, explaining what it means when there is no statistical evidence of a difference between two numbers - www.england.nhs.uk/2023/11/one-...
Ranked list of "things" most feared by Catholic high school boys in Maryland, 1939. Rank (prevalence). www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
August 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ranked list of "things" most feared by Catholic high school boys in Maryland, 1939. Rank (prevalence). www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Here's a pic from a paper I'm reading today. Not satisfied with low, high, increasing and decreasing? Add more classes - then you can have novel trajectories such as "low increasing slightly then tapering off" and "medium baseline, increasing modestly"
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Here's a pic from a paper I'm reading today. Not satisfied with low, high, increasing and decreasing? Add more classes - then you can have novel trajectories such as "low increasing slightly then tapering off" and "medium baseline, increasing modestly"
We did some life table modelling among people who use heroin. Tobacco smoking causes as many premature deaths in this group as illegal drugs. Yet public health policies overlook smoking: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... New research with @sharoncox.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We did some life table modelling among people who use heroin. Tobacco smoking causes as many premature deaths in this group as illegal drugs. Yet public health policies overlook smoking: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... New research with @sharoncox.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social
Why is it always like this?
June 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why is it always like this?
AI is going to replace statisticians. AI:
March 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI is going to replace statisticians. AI: