Darren Dahly
@statsepi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats #WBE #IDSurveillance
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**the understated chuckle of a medical statistician**
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
**the understated chuckle of a medical statistician**
J.F.Christ on a cracker this is grim. 20 bucks says some competent data person has been begging them to implement sensible approaches for dealing with this stuff for the past 10+ years and it all fell on deaf ears. This is how it feels every time I hear about the HSE developing an "AI strategy".
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
J.F.Christ on a cracker this is grim. 20 bucks says some competent data person has been begging them to implement sensible approaches for dealing with this stuff for the past 10+ years and it all fell on deaf ears. This is how it feels every time I hear about the HSE developing an "AI strategy".
We only just got over this one 🥺
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We only just got over this one 🥺
This is literally their use case for scientific research they use to advertise the service. There is no confidence interval in sight.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is literally their use case for scientific research they use to advertise the service. There is no confidence interval in sight.
Never ask the same question two different ways unless you want to learn how unseriously people take their responses 😜
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Never ask the same question two different ways unless you want to learn how unseriously people take their responses 😜
What's the most offensive book you own?
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What's the most offensive book you own?
![As of mid 2025, a PubMed search for ‘Mendelian randomization’ in the title or abstract returns around 16,000 results since its first occurrence in 2003. Manual inspection of the hundred or so most recent MR papers in the literature indicates that the large majority of these papers show signs of being low quality, often reporting on relationships of variables that have little justification to be analysed [4], failing to discuss the gene-environment equivalence principle to justify the study design [1], failure to use STROBE-MR reporting guidelines [5, 6], and often with clear methodological errors [7, 8].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zyo4iakhqs47bttjalqgbk7/bafkreiaiycu3ti6dc5d6bo3etj4hvel42ucx2dak3m2u4ygbfd3lmvwe6y@jpeg)
![As of mid 2025, a PubMed search for ‘Mendelian randomization’ in the title or abstract returns around 16,000 results since its first occurrence in 2003. Manual inspection of the hundred or so most recent MR papers in the literature indicates that the large majority of these papers show signs of being low quality, often reporting on relationships of variables that have little justification to be analysed [4], failing to discuss the gene-environment equivalence principle to justify the study design [1], failure to use STROBE-MR reporting guidelines [5, 6], and often with clear methodological errors [7, 8].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3zyo4iakhqs47bttjalqgbk7/bafkreifcczykpaayjqa77662n3633btem6akzaxqkiucd6efwwvfhaailq@jpeg)
I'm trying to imagine what it must feel like to be a teacher and have to sit through this presentation at some training workshop:
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm trying to imagine what it must feel like to be a teacher and have to sit through this presentation at some training workshop:
lmao I did not want to know about this (cc @wiringthebrain.bsky.social)
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
lmao I did not want to know about this (cc @wiringthebrain.bsky.social)
It's hard to tell but this is a picture of me smashing my face into the keyboard while pulling out my hair.
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It's hard to tell but this is a picture of me smashing my face into the keyboard while pulling out my hair.
What Des says...but also, this is airport book science/journalism 🥴
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
What Des says...but also, this is airport book science/journalism 🥴
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The exciting new Wendy's in Mahon tried telling my wife this was ok.
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The exciting new Wendy's in Mahon tried telling my wife this was ok.
oh thank jesus he's just a visiting scholar but retired from Duke...it figures! 😜
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
oh thank jesus he's just a visiting scholar but retired from Duke...it figures! 😜
oh god no the lead author has a UNC email address 😩
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
oh god no the lead author has a UNC email address 😩
lol, from their most recent (and only) "literature synthesis". This editorial board means business!
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
lol, from their most recent (and only) "literature synthesis". This editorial board means business!
I probably get similar looks when I try to make p-values sound cool:
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I probably get similar looks when I try to make p-values sound cool:
The worst thing about all the automated accounts flooding social media is that there is no point in trolling them.
October 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The worst thing about all the automated accounts flooding social media is that there is no point in trolling them.
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
One time in the 90's I told my grandfather that Payne Stewart the golfer was "a pimp" because I liked how to dressed. It was the only time my grandfather ever got mad at me. Words are funny.
October 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
One time in the 90's I told my grandfather that Payne Stewart the golfer was "a pimp" because I liked how to dressed. It was the only time my grandfather ever got mad at me. Words are funny.
Pimping as a what!?
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Pimping as a what!?