wensu221.bsky.social
Demographer and applied statistician at Oxford 🇬🇧, formerly ANU 🇦🇺. Understanding human mortality through mathematical methods 🧮. Stand-up & funny socks. Views are my own.
👤 Joined on 26 September 2023
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@wensu221.bsky.socialCongrats to Nicholas Mark, Max Besbris, and team on receiving a 2026 Igniting Interdisciplinary Innovation award! 👏 They’re combining high-res satellite/weather data with consumer spending metrics to map how floods disrupt finances. This research will help support gov'ts delivering disaster aid. 🌧️📊
Show PostThis year marks the centennial of R.A. Fisher's 1926 paper "The Arrangement of Field Experiments," presumably a key reason why p<.05 criteria and 95% confidence intervals have—for better or worse—been conventional for 100 years.
Show PostIf you want to see a really good example of the big data paradox in action: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Show PostA warm welcome to Alyson van Raalte (@alysonvanraalte.bsky.social) as a new Honorary Professor at @lshtm.bsky.social 🎉 Alyson leads the Mortality Inequalities group at @mpidr.bsky.social and is the new co-Editor-in-Chief of Population Studies. Thrilled to have her as part of the LSHTM community!
Show PostJust listened to this episode, it’s excellent! You can tell that Paul Allison is an *incredible* teacher. Highly recommended if you’re fixed-effects curious but are new to the party! quantitude.org/s8e03-paul-a...
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