Will Mackey
@wfmackey.bsky.social
#rstats and data and economics
in Australia
canucks fan for some reason
in Australia
canucks fan for some reason
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So much to love in the scrollytelling — the ternary plot, the depth of the data, the findings — but my favourite part is the explanation and the text in general. 📊
Remember, a chart doesn't have to be understood in 3 seconds. It should reward the effort you put into understanding it.
Remember, a chart doesn't have to be understood in 3 seconds. It should reward the effort you put into understanding it.
This triangle helps explain a titanic shift in how Australia votes
This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed over the past five decades.
www.abc.net.au
April 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So much to love in the scrollytelling — the ternary plot, the depth of the data, the findings — but my favourite part is the explanation and the text in general. 📊
Remember, a chart doesn't have to be understood in 3 seconds. It should reward the effort you put into understanding it.
Remember, a chart doesn't have to be understood in 3 seconds. It should reward the effort you put into understanding it.
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Hey #rstats! There's space in my courses this Thurs & Fri in Brisbane!
Quarto for Scientists
- The art & science of reproducibility, "getting unstuck in R"
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132307
R Package Essentials:
- Function fundamentals, write a package from scratch!
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132303
Quarto for Scientists
- The art & science of reproducibility, "getting unstuck in R"
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132307
R Package Essentials:
- Function fundamentals, write a package from scratch!
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132303
Statistical Society of Australia - CPD 199- Quarto for Scientists
statsoc.org.au
April 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Hey #rstats! There's space in my courses this Thurs & Fri in Brisbane!
Quarto for Scientists
- The art & science of reproducibility, "getting unstuck in R"
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132307
R Package Essentials:
- Function fundamentals, write a package from scratch!
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132303
Quarto for Scientists
- The art & science of reproducibility, "getting unstuck in R"
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132307
R Package Essentials:
- Function fundamentals, write a package from scratch!
- statsoc.org.au/event-6132303
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Grattan Institute is hiring an Associate! Are you ready to help solve some of Australia’s most pressing policy issues? 🧠 💼Join a think tank that is making a difference. For more details and to apply now, visit EthicalJobs [https://buff.ly/QoEUSaX].
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Grattan Institute is hiring an Associate! Are you ready to help solve some of Australia’s most pressing policy issues? 🧠 💼Join a think tank that is making a difference. For more details and to apply now, visit EthicalJobs [https://buff.ly/QoEUSaX].
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Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"
It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
this is such a beautiful story (with beautiful paintings!) by @joshnicholas.com. makes me love Melbourne all over again
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
this is such a beautiful story (with beautiful paintings!) by @joshnicholas.com. makes me love Melbourne all over again
pretty sure i’m becoming a @duckdb.org in R guy
March 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
pretty sure i’m becoming a @duckdb.org in R guy
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Hi #rstats friends!
I'm starting consulting! I've had a great journey in academia working with brilliant people, and while it's bittersweet (and a bit scary!), I'm excited for this next step. I'll still be maintaining {greta} and am hoping to be even more involved with the R community.
1/n
I'm starting consulting! I've had a great journey in academia working with brilliant people, and while it's bittersweet (and a bit scary!), I'm excited for this next step. I'll still be maintaining {greta} and am hoping to be even more involved with the R community.
1/n
March 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Hi #rstats friends!
I'm starting consulting! I've had a great journey in academia working with brilliant people, and while it's bittersweet (and a bit scary!), I'm excited for this next step. I'll still be maintaining {greta} and am hoping to be even more involved with the R community.
1/n
I'm starting consulting! I've had a great journey in academia working with brilliant people, and while it's bittersweet (and a bit scary!), I'm excited for this next step. I'll still be maintaining {greta} and am hoping to be even more involved with the R community.
1/n
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I’ve been using the new gradients and patterns in #rstats and #ggplot2 quite a bit for recent package, so here’s a deep dive! Everything from the basics of using gradients in your plots through to sophisticated visual effects.
jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stac...
jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stac...
The guide to gradients in R and ggplot2 – James Goldie
Visualising data and building things for fun and for change. #climatehealth → #datajournalism
jamesgoldie.dev
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’ve been using the new gradients and patterns in #rstats and #ggplot2 quite a bit for recent package, so here’s a deep dive! Everything from the basics of using gradients in your plots through to sophisticated visual effects.
jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stac...
jamesgoldie.dev/writing/stac...
this is really cool
New preprint! A general overview of stats in public policy research with this (oversimplified but still helpful) separation of methods into description, explanation, and prediction #policysky
HTML/PDF: stats.andrewheiss.com/snoopy-spring/
SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
HTML/PDF: stats.andrewheiss.com/snoopy-spring/
SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
March 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
this is really cool
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It is not a rigorous benchmark, but I was curious on how #duckdb duckplyr compares to other data wrangling packages in #Rstats. Turns out, it is pretty pretty fast 🚀.
blog post: blog.schochastics.net/posts/2025-0...
blog post: blog.schochastics.net/posts/2025-0...
A practical benchmark of duckplyr – schochastics - all things R
A blog about RStats by David Schoch
blog.schochastics.net
March 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It is not a rigorous benchmark, but I was curious on how #duckdb duckplyr compares to other data wrangling packages in #Rstats. Turns out, it is pretty pretty fast 🚀.
blog post: blog.schochastics.net/posts/2025-0...
blog post: blog.schochastics.net/posts/2025-0...
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Toad-in-the-hole? ⛳🐸🏌️♂️
Cane toads in Queensland love their local golf course. ⛳
Some golfers take this as a serendipitous chance to drive 🏌️♂️ down their numbers.
Thanks to the {galah} package team for easy access observation data! @rowdynerd.bsky.social @daxkellie.bsky.social. #rstats
Cane toads in Queensland love their local golf course. ⛳
Some golfers take this as a serendipitous chance to drive 🏌️♂️ down their numbers.
Thanks to the {galah} package team for easy access observation data! @rowdynerd.bsky.social @daxkellie.bsky.social. #rstats
March 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Toad-in-the-hole? ⛳🐸🏌️♂️
Cane toads in Queensland love their local golf course. ⛳
Some golfers take this as a serendipitous chance to drive 🏌️♂️ down their numbers.
Thanks to the {galah} package team for easy access observation data! @rowdynerd.bsky.social @daxkellie.bsky.social. #rstats
Cane toads in Queensland love their local golf course. ⛳
Some golfers take this as a serendipitous chance to drive 🏌️♂️ down their numbers.
Thanks to the {galah} package team for easy access observation data! @rowdynerd.bsky.social @daxkellie.bsky.social. #rstats
louse up? what the shit is that
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
louse up? what the shit is that
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I think it's good to be critical of AI hype but on here I often get the response that LLMs are completely useless. For better or worse that isn't really true. In a very limited set of applications (e.g. writing simple bash & python scripts to order) they're actually very good and getting better 1/9
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I think it's good to be critical of AI hype but on here I often get the response that LLMs are completely useless. For better or worse that isn't really true. In a very limited set of applications (e.g. writing simple bash & python scripts to order) they're actually very good and getting better 1/9
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"Bar is raised because gravity is lower" was a fun sentence to write
January 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Bar is raised because gravity is lower" was a fun sentence to write
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Does new housing supply lead to a decrease in rents, even in high-demand markets? Read this Just Accepted article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics to find out: ow.ly/1eN950UqS1B
January 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Does new housing supply lead to a decrease in rents, even in high-demand markets? Read this Just Accepted article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics to find out: ow.ly/1eN950UqS1B
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You should be able to mute a photo so you never have to see it on your timeline
January 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You should be able to mute a photo so you never have to see it on your timeline
lucky for the Canucks that the score throughout the game has zero bearing on the score at the end of the game
January 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
lucky for the Canucks that the score throughout the game has zero bearing on the score at the end of the game
no
December 19, 2024 at 4:10 AM
no