Today we celebrate the awarding of the prestigious Rousseeuw prize to the R Core team in recognition of their 30 years of dedicated work on R and in recognition of the massive impact of R on the scientific community rousseeuwprize.org/2026 #RStats

The 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics has been awarded to the R Project. #RStats www.rousseeuwprize.org/2026

R version 4.6.0 "Because it was There" (source version) has been released. It should be on CRAN by now. #rstats The choice of codename is in remembrance of R Core member Tomàš Kalibera (1978-2026). Among many other things, he was a keen mountain climber.

All are welcome to the March @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar. Lee Kennedy-Shaffer from @yalesph.bsky.social will be presenting " #Estimands, Assumptions, and the Challenges of Evaluating Policies: Lessons from Staggered Adoption" 12 March, 9:30 AEDT online. www.vicbiostat.org.au #steppedwedge

I’ve been thinking about how to find R packages by functionality when you don’t already know the package name. So over the holidays, Claude Code and I built The Warehouse: a functionality-first R package directory that helps you find packages by what they do. rwarehouse.netlify.app #rstats

Do predictive models need to be causal? notstatschat.rbind.io/2026/01/26/d...

#rstats blogdown/netlify users: you might have received an email saying your site will go away because something something prerendering. If you go to the check link in the *comments* of the linked page (not the one in the text) it will likely tell you there's no problem because your site is static🎉

Please feel free to follow this bot along with @paperposterbot.bsky.social for the full range of economics paper on Arxiv.org

ArXiv Paperboy (Econ.GN + Econ.TH)@arxivecongnbot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hello world. I am a bot that posts Arxiv's Econ.GN (General Economics) and Econ.TH (Economic Theory)

@lshtm.bsky.social will be running a 3-day online short course on using multiple imputation to handle missing data on 23-25th June 2026. Teaching staff include James Carpenter, Ruth Keogh, Clémence Leyrat, and myself. Further details about the course at www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

Start the year well by registering for the ViCBiostat Summer School 😊 👉 www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

ViCBiostat Summer School 2026

Welcome to the registration page for the 2026 Summer School courses. Full course descriptions can be found on our website:...

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Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Registrations now open for the ViCBiostat Summer School - Feb 13-20, 2026 (Melbourne/online)! Features courses by local & international experts in causal inference, estimands, meta-analysis and cluster RCTs Info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses Register: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Have you got a PhD in Statistics (or related field) and experience in Statistical Consulting? A continuing position at the Australian National University is now open 🇦🇺🦘🐨. Would love to get an #rstats person if possible ☺️ Apply by 18 Jan 👉 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/course-... #statssky #statsky

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Margarita Moreno-Betancur@margaritamb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ViCBiostat Summer School: Register now below so you don’t miss out on e.g. Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen’s causal inference course covering a range of topics in “quasi-experimental” approaches: difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, synthetic controls etc. #EpiSky #CausalSky

Incredibly honoured to receive the Rising Star Award at MCRI Staff Awards ✨ Thank you to my mentors, especially @margaritamb.bsky.social for championing the nomination, and to colleagues and collaborators @mcri.bsky.social who nominated me. Grateful to be part of such a supportive community 💛

Registrations now open for the ViCBiostat Summer School - Feb 13-20, 2026 (Melbourne/online)! Features courses by local & international experts in causal inference, estimands, meta-analysis and cluster RCTs Info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/short-courses Register: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

ViCBiostat@vicbiostat.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Mark your diaries! The ViCBiostat Summer School returns from 13-20 Feb 2026, in Melbourne and online. Courses include causal inference, cluster randomised trials, meta-analysis and the estimand framework. Further details TBA shortly - sign up to our mailing list at www.vicbiostat.org.au #statistics

For the avoidance of doubt: does svyglm() use robust standard errors? Yes! notstatschat.rbind.io/2025/12/01/d...

This week! Prof Ian Marschner from the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre will be presenting the @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar on Confidence distributions. All welcome online or in person. Friday 21 November 9:30am AEDT, Monash SPHPM. www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/confid...

Double machine learning fits an adjustment model from a confounder set using correlation and so breaks down when offered variables that have good correlation just *because* they aren't suitable adjustment variables #IWouldSimplyNotIncludeEndogenousVariables

Paul Hünermund@p-hunermund.com · 9mo ago

Maybe you've missed the crushing, DAG-wielding critique. Of course, not by a star scholar... www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

@bsky.app ISSUE 4 IS OUT! with 3 survey methods and 2 statistics articles. We've got a backlog of 20 accepted articles -- some in preprint now -- but we're seeking more manuscripts for 2026, especially stat papers. So please consider submitting your next manuscript to JSSAM. #AAPOR

#ViCBiostat Summer School 13-20 Feb 2026 #Causal inference #Estimands in trials #Cluster randomised trials Advanced #meta-analysis In Melbs and online. More details to come. www.vicbiostat.org.au

Another great ViCBiostat summer school to look forward to! I can promise a couple of excellent days on cluster randomised trials from the Cluster Cluster... with a couple of extra special guests soon to be announced!

ViCBiostat@vicbiostat.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Mark your diaries! The ViCBiostat Summer School returns from 13-20 Feb 2026, in Melbourne and online. Courses include causal inference, cluster randomised trials, meta-analysis and the estimand framework. Further details TBA shortly - sign up to our mailing list at www.vicbiostat.org.au #statistics

☕🥐 One week to go! Don’t miss the Australian Trials Methodology Conference on 20 Nov — your dose of fresh ideas in clinical trial design! Come early for the Career Development Breakfast to start your day right with coffee, croissants & career chat! 👉 Full program: bit.ly/4qM3HKp

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Strengthen your research skills in observational studies! 📅 27–31 Oct 2025 | 💻 Online via Zoom Reduced rates available for selected participants- more details and registration👇 🔗 www.mcri.edu.au/research/res...

Statisticians of Melbourne and environs! I will be giving a talk (the Belz Lecture) next Monday, 2pm, Melbourne Uni. The title is "Laws and Orders" The lecture is free but they want you to sign up. There's also an early career stats showcase with lunch that costs www.statsoc.org.au/event-6288035

This week! Don’t miss Prof Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen’s @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar on proximal causal inference!

Myra McGuinness@myramcguinness.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join the October @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar to hear Prof Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen speak on proximal causal inference. All welcome online 23 October. More info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/fortif... #casualinference #biostatistics @upenncgh.bsky.social

Join the October @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar to hear Prof Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen speak on proximal causal inference. All welcome online 23 October. More info: www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/fortif... #casualinference #biostatistics @upenncgh.bsky.social

NEW PAPER!!! "Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding" led by Susie Ellul, with Stijn Vansteelandt & John Carlin Published in Stats in Med Check it out 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #EpiSky #CausalSky

Causal Machine Learning Methods and Use of Cross‐Fitting in Settings With High‐Dimensional Confounding

Observational epidemiological studies commonly seek to estimate the causal effect of an exposure on an outcome. Adjustment for potential confounding bias in modern studies is challenging due to the p...

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Join us at the 3rd biennial Australian Trials Methodology Conference as we explore "Better trials through better methods" Crown Promenade, Melbourne (+ online access options) 20/11/25 Early-bird registration ends 26/9 www.atmc25.com #ClinicalTrials #Biostatistics

NEW PAPER! (in press in EPIDEMIOLOGY) Have you wondered: - How to specify a target trial: as an ideal trial or something else? - What biases do target trial emulations and actual RCTs share? - How does it all relate to potential outcomes? Read here! 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2405.10026 #EpiSky #CausalSky

The ideal trial: defining causal estimands that balance relevance and feasibility in target trial emulations and actual randomized trials

Causal inference is the goal of randomized trials and many observational studies. The first step in a formal causal inference framework is to define the causal estimand, and in both types of study thi...

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We are looking forward to hearing @jonathan-bartlett.bsky.social speak on the G-formula for causal inference using synthetic multiple imputation at the July @vicbiostat.bsky.social seminar! All welcome online Thursday 24th, 4:00pm Aus EST (7:00am UK time). www.vicbiostat.org.au/event/g-form...

For those of you who don't know what Ross and Robert look like..a couple of photos from my collection. I'm sure I have better ones somewhere. The BW is from 1994 when our department formally became separate from Mathematics.