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Annual Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team.
29th-30th September 2025

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Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026!
We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news!

#RStats #DataScience
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September 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Our final talk is by Ben Harrap on the challenges or introducing "best practices" on a project lead by a team that is not experienced with #RStats

#WOMBAT2025 #DataScience
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Ben Harrap - Designing data infrastructure where people come first 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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We are building a data team with Tyler Reysenbach.

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September 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Back to work after the exhilarating pin-pong tournament.

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September 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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The exciting matchpoint that decided the winners!

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September 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Time for the yearly? ping-pong tournament. The winners get an amazing, one-of-a-kind #WOMBAT2025 circuit board.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Let's chat about software development now!

#RStats #WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I 95% sure that Harriet Mason is next, but we'll see.

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WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Harriet Mason - Visualising Uncertainty with ggdibbler 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Democracy works! A bug in the code elected Cold Brew as the best type of coffee according to #WOMBAT2025 elections.
Photo of a screen showing R code with "cold brew" listed as the winner.
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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The wombat ping-pong table is still a classic.

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September 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Cannot post. Too busy doing ggplot battles.

#RStats #WOMBAT2025
www.ggplotbattles.dev/challenges/v...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Next, Michael Lydeamore talks about a bunch of tools inspired by the spirit of spending more time automating tasks than the automation saves you. Also known as XKCD 1205

wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...

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Table with "how much time you save off" in rows and "how often you do the task" in columns. Each cell is how long can you work on automating the task before spending more tiem than you save.
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Jenny Richmond now talks about the role of AI in education or the role of #education with #AI.

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WOMBAT 2025 - Invited talk Jenny Richmond - Rethinking data science education in the age of genAI 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Packed room to start the session.

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September 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Starting the session after the tea break, James Goldie introducing scrollytelling with the closeread quarto extension.

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WOMBAT 2025 - Invited talk James Goldie - Closing the scrollytelling gap with Closeread 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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If you are inspired by NIcola's talk, you can grab today's #TidyTuesday data and create your effective, informative and accessible visualisation!

#RStats #WOMBAT2025

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Map of Europe with the migration route of cranes.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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The thing about visualisation is that every rule has an exception.

#DataVis #WOMBAT2025
September 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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First up, Nicola Rennie talking about data visualisation and reviews for travel adapters.

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WOMBAT 2025 - Keynote Nicola Rennie - Designing for decision making: how to build effective data visualisations 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Starting in a few minutes!
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Our team of volunteers tirelessly worked until the last minute.

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September 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Food, coffee and networking.

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September 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Coffee break / sticker grabbing time.

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September 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Folks are enjoying the morning tutorials and things are ready for the coffee break.

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September 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This is not a drill! I repeat: this is not a drill. Hex stickers area ready for WOMBAT2025! Are you going to miss them?

Register here: wombat2025.numbat.space

#RStats #DataViz #OpenSource
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September 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Lot's of language crosspolination tutorials in #WOMBAT2025.

Take "Introduction to Regression Analysis in #Rstats" if you're interested in learning R.
OTOH, if you are python-curious you can then come to "Efficiency Analysis in #Python" in the arvo.

Register: wombat2025.numbat.space
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WOMBAT 2025 - Tutorial Dean Marchiori - Introduction to Regression Analysis in R 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space WOMBAT 2025 - Tutorial Jessica Leung - Efficiency Analysis in Python: A Hands-On Tutorial on Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM