Jacques S.
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Jacques S.
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PSA for anyone beginning to use #wasm #webR to share R code snippets: We have a new short URL for the webR app: webr.sh!
webR - R in the browser
Interactive R environment running in your browser. Execute R code, create plots, and analyze data without installing anything.
webr.sh
August 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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@hadley.nz & #rstats friends, is there a way for me to use gpt-oss with ellmer?
an elephant sits at a desk with the words back to work written on the bottom
Alt: an elephant sits at a desk with the words back to work written on the bottom
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August 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Positron's (Rstudio successor) license prohibits making the software available to users as a managed service: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron?tab=License-1-ov-file#

Does that mean universities have to pay license fees if admins install Positron on student computers?

Seeing how Rstudio […]
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July 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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It would help if I could spell properly {fitdistrplus} not {fitdistplus}. Apologies!
January 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I wrote a little post on a common issue:

You accidentally got a biased sample & now your results might biased be too.

How to recover? Can you?!

🔍 Confounding (yes, ice cream & crime is in there 😅)
📊 Model misspecification
💻 Code, plots, & takeaways

tinyurl.com/4af2td83

#rstats #episky #stats
July 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Now is your chance to provide references for Eric that show everyone how smart and learned you are.
Looking for more info on controlling for certain variables that increase precision in estimating a causal effect. From what I can tell, variable should be entering outcome (?).
p. 186 of Statistical Rethinking mentions this briefly, and I saw another example recently but now can't find it.

#stats
July 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Self-graded R and stats exercises for beginners!

Test your understanding of the material in our textbook (bit.ly/dss_textbook):

- Intro to R: bit.ly/dss_ex_ch1
- Intro to causal inference: bit.ly/dss_ex_ch2
June 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Hi there! 👋 I’m hoping to reconnect with the wonderful Rstats community that I used to know on Twitter.
January 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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UPMC & Pitt are looking for a Medical Director, System Antimicrobial Stewardship! This person will partner with Dr. Graham Snyder, Tina Khadem, & myself to lead 37 US-based hospitals' antimicrobial stewardship and infectious diseases quality efforts. #idsky #medsky

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December 23, 2024 at 1:06 PM