Seb Bate
sebbate.uk
Seb Bate
@sebbate.uk
Occasionally do stats, mainly post pictures of the cats.
This week I have seen a large number of people discussing predictive analytics ad I have no idea what they mean.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Didn't work for wingdigns sadly
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Not to necessarily play devil's advocate but what would be the difference between providing a risk calculator and providing a table of coefficients (assuming the app was sufficiently validated for accuracy)?
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here's a bullet point list of why you can still use a bullet point lists 🔫

- you can fit more emojis in 😜
- it never triggers an AI detector 🔍
- a third reason - with an added em dash - for good measure3️⃣
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When you have restrictions on the ability to create and share in SharePoint (esp between institutions), you wonder why people then use non-approved storage systems.
August 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
You don't get the same response from an LLM each time so sharing prompts wouldn't make it more reproducible.
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Maybe it's a code for 'I have no idea how to apply estimands'.
July 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Find another institution that has the same metric and then gift authorship on each other's papers 🙃
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I'm convinced that image alt text's main purpose is to train AI image models rather than help the visually impaired (not that I will stop providing alt text on my images).
February 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The worst version is you take a multivariable regression, find that 2+ variables have p<0.05 and call them 'independent risk factors'. 🤮
January 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You shouldn't really be on an MSc if you intend to have a LLM write for you.
January 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Where?
December 20, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Are these trials registered and just don't happen or never registered in the first place?
December 17, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Surgery with AI? Let me ask chatgpt how to do an apendectomy.
December 14, 2024 at 4:41 PM
The other take out is follow the instructions meticulously.
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM