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vickersbiostats.bsky.social
Recently been debating "cancer screening skeptics" about endpoints in screening RCTs. They insist on overall survival (OS); when I point out feasibility issues, they say infeasibility of RCT on OS proves screening doesn't work. Prejudice masquerading as methodologic rigor.
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
leave-policies.bsky.social
The Post-Workshop Report distills key lessons and next steps for closing data gaps and improving parental leave research and policy evaluation across Europe and beyond.

📄 Read here: sustainable-leave-policies.eu/methodologic...

#ParentalLeave #WorkLifeBalance #DataForPolicy
Methodological Challenges in Paid Parental Leave Research & Policy – Sustainability@Leave | COST Action CA21150
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September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
leave-policies.bsky.social
How can we build stronger evidence on parental leave policies across Europe?
This was the focus of our workshop in May 2025 in Luxembourg, bringing together experts from international organisations and national agencies. The report is now out! 📄 sustainable-leave-policies.eu/methodologic...
Methodological Challenges in Paid Parental Leave Research & Policy – Sustainability@Leave | COST Action CA21150
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September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
flaviajacobs.bsky.social
I highly recommend reading this super interesting paper just published in JCO:

“Why Adjuvant Treatment With a CDK4/6 Inhibitor Should Be Recommended for Women With High-Risk Breast Cancer: Methodologic Considerations on Available Evidence".

📖 Full paper: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...
Why Adjuvant Treatment With a CDK4/6 Inhibitor Should Be Recommended for Women With High-Risk Breast Cancer: Methodologic Considerations on Available Evidence
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September 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
qbioqm-bot.bsky.social
Travis E. Gibson: Comment on "mbtransfer: Microbiome intervention analysis using transfer functions and mirror statistics": Implementation errors, theoretical misapplication, and methodologic... https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16486 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.16486 https://arxiv.org/html/2509.16486
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
kwcollins.bsky.social
The survey experiment is on an issue close to our hearts: the federal statistical system. Using a question order experiment, we investigate whether prompting people with the news of the BLS commissioner's firing decreases trust in federal economic data.

www.survey160.com/methodologic...
Introducing the Survey 160 Tracking Poll — Survey 160
Today we are releasing the first set of results from a pilot of a new project of Survey 160: a recurring tracking poll. These polls will track presidential approval and generic house ballot, among oth...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
kwcollins.bsky.social
New at Survey 160's blog: We're trying something new and have piloted the first in what we intend as an ongoing tracking survey. The first data release, with presidential approval and generic Congressional Ballot, plus a survey experiment, is here: www.survey160.com/methodologic...
Introducing the Survey 160 Tracking Poll — Survey 160
Today we are releasing the first set of results from a pilot of a new project of Survey 160: a recurring tracking poll. These polls will track presidential approval and generic house ballot, among oth...
www.survey160.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
survey160.bsky.social
New at Survey 160's blog: We're trying something new and have piloted the first in what we intend as an ongoing tracking survey. The first data release, with presidential approval and generic Congressional Ballot, plus a survey experiment, is here: www.survey160.com/methodologic...
Introducing the Survey 160 Tracking Poll — Survey 160
Today we are releasing the first set of results from a pilot of a new project of Survey 160: a recurring tracking poll. These polls will track presidential approval and generic house ballot, among oth...
www.survey160.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
U.S. COVID-19 Data Dashboard Update

PMC 3.0 is ready to roll out, with updates coming after the holiday weekend starting Sep 2. CDC reported the biggest summer transmission rise in 4 years, though technical issues delayed updates. August 29 data will be used to verify the increase.

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August 29, 2025 PMC 3.0 is ready to launch. Expect updates here after the holiday weekend starting Tuesday (Sep 2) and sneak peeks on social media over the weekend. The CDC team was implementing methodologic updates with technical difficulties, while also reporting the largest relative summer increase in transmission in 4 years, so we needed the August 29 data to verify the accuracy of the increase.
August 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
sci-books.bsky.social
Methodological Aspects of the Development of Low Temperature Physics 1881–1956: Concepts Out of Context(s) (Science and Philosophy, 4) 1989th Edition by K. Gavroglu (PDF)
Author: K. Gavroglu
File Type: PDF
Download at sci-books.com/methodologic...
#, #K.Gavroglu
August 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
majorajay.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr. Ogamba and this phenomenal group of investigators on execution of this large patient-reported outcomes study! And many thanks for the opportunity to contribute our PRO & financial toxicity methodologic expertise. #gyncsm #gynonc #medsky #oncsky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Factors associated with health-related quality of life and financial toxicity among gynecological cancer patients in Southern Nigeria - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Factors associated with health-related quality of life and financial toxicity among gynecological cancer patients in Southern Nigeria
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August 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
byteseu.bsky.social
FADM conclude “Train-the-Trainers” Programme with support from EUMAM MOZ

https://www.byteseu.com/1247540/

Catembe, Mozambique – The closing ceremony of the Train-the-Trainers programme (pedagogic & methodologic) took place this Thursday, 1 August, in the Catembe region. The programme was …
FADM conclude “Train-the-Trainers” Programme with support from EUMAM MOZ - Bytes Europe
Catembe, Mozambique – The closing ceremony of the Train-the-Trainers programme (pedagogic & methodologic) took place this Thursday, 1 August, in the
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August 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
kwcollins.bsky.social
At Survey 160, we've put together a guide on how to evaluate if a text message invitation to a survey is legitimate www.survey160.com/methodologic...
July 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
acepidemiology.bsky.social
authors for thought-provoking conversations on the latest findings and developments in epidemiologic and methodologic research! Learn More: bit.ly/4lQe2BP (2/2)
EPITalk: Behind the Paper
This stimulating podcast series from the Annals of Epidemiology takes you behind the scenes of groundbreaking articles recently published in the journal. Join Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Sullivan, and jo...
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July 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
zugenia.bsky.social
It is inconceivable to me that a university that has a program called GENDER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE is happy to attach its name to this kind of epistemological violence.
Text of article continued: These articles are unacceptable: The whole project was funded by and completed in partnership with the SEGM hate group. Scholars have published critical responses to the “methodologic flaws, and erroneous assumptions” in this SEGM-funded research. Nevertheless, these papers can be cited to undermine Canada’s legal protections for trans youth. This is not about academic disagreement or freedom of inquiry. SEGM’s views are scientifically discredited and condemned by every reputable medical association in Canada and the U.S. Gender-affirming care is effective and supported by a swath of organizations, from the Greater Hamilton Health Network, to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), the Canadian Medical Association, to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Authoring hate group-funded research to push an ideological agenda under the guise of “evidence-based research” is the antithesis of high quality and ethical science. As the SPLC observes, SEGM is part of the continuation of eugenicist projects of forced sterilization in the name of protecting whiteness from “deviant” sexualities and gender identities. We are calling on McMaster University to practise what it preaches: It cannot continue to hypocritically post Pride statements or fly the rainbow flag while profiting from a partnership with an anti-LGBTQ-plus group. We are calling for academic integrity and basic research ethics. McMaster’s faculty of health sciences must issue a public statement identifying SEGM as a hate group, push for its researchers to terminate its contract with SEGM and call for the research to be retracted. This is not without precedent — when similar pseudo-science was uncovered at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Dr. Kenneth Zucker’s clinic was shut down following an external review, and major journals have since retracted anti-trans publications for methodological bias and harm. McMaster must follow suit by tak…
July 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
hamtranshealth.bsky.social
- Scholars have published critical responses to the “methodologic flaws, and erroneous assumptions” in this SEGM-funded research. Nevertheless, these papers can be cited to undermine Canada’s legal protections for trans youth.”
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
kwcollins.bsky.social
I get why these companies are trying to build agents. Earlier this year we asked survey respondents what they wanted AI tools to do, and help with mundane tasks was the leading category.

www.survey160.com/methodologic...
July 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
ndrewwm.com
"models will need to behave in ways generally at odds with the way they appear to be trained ... They will need to be negative, and even offensive at times, not tuned to be pleasing to the reader with attempts at accurate information." www.survey160.com/methodologic...
The Limits of Simulation in Public Opinion Research — Survey 160
Can computer programs supplant public opinion data collection? That is the promise of “synthetic respondents” or “silicon samples.” We are not so sure. The dream of replacing human survey respondents...
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July 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
zeitzoff.bsky.social
Really cool and important post by @kwcollins.bsky.social and the team at Survey 160 on the promise and pitfalls of using “silicon samples” (LLM -generated simulated survey responses) for polling and public opinion research.

www.survey160.com/methodologic...
July 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
survey160.bsky.social
Are LLM-generated "silicon samples" a good replacement for original data collection? We review the research and conclude they are not ... but not for the reasons you might think

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The Limits of Simulation in Public Opinion Research — Survey 160
Can computer programs supplant public opinion data collection? That is the promise of “synthetic respondents” or “silicon samples.” We are not so sure. The dream of replacing human survey respondents...
www.survey160.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
kwcollins.bsky.social
Trying to practice what I preach, here's a deep dive on LLMs for "synthetic samples". Short version, no, we don't think these are good use of LLMs www.survey160.com/methodologic...
July 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
herr-hase.bsky.social
Oder hier: www.worldweatherattribution.org/methodologic...
Methodological papers – World Weather Attribution
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July 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
f2harrell.bsky.social
The reason we so often recommend doing something very different is that methodologic review in biomedical journals is simply awful on average, and so many published papers serve as terrible role models.
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
anushamvable.bsky.social
More broadly, I think sequence analysis is a powerful, flexible method that you should consider adding to your methodologic toolbox

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anushamvable.bsky.social Anusha M. Vable @anushamvable.bsky.social · Apr 15
I’m happy to share that our sequence analysis “didactic” paper is now published!

I think this method is powerful, flexible and solves the persistent challenge of characterizing variables that unfold over time (& produces great graphics).

Applied examples below.

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Using sequence and cluster analysis to characterize variables that unfold over time: implementation and practical considerations for epidemiologists
Abstract. Characterizing longitudinal trajectories of variables that unfold over time (e.g. social, health or environmental variables) is a persistent chal
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June 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
survey160.bsky.social
New on our blog, when *not* to use MMS for surveys

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When not to use MMS for surveys — Survey 160
An increasingly common way to use text messaging for surveys is not SMS (short message service) but MMS (multimedia message service). Some believe that MMS allows survey firms to share an image like a...
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June 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM