But finally, and maybe most pertinent to #HEI and research, he stressed the importance of playfulness in approaching a topic, and the opportunities to learn and develop through that process.

This is where different streams of inspiration for me meet:
"Play important things"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQDn6vw1Iqo&t=856s

#AcademicChatter #RSS2025 #LauraKampf

Laura Kampf: Why making things is important. (Ep 30)

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... having someone tell a story about story telling brings in other aspects.

Conceptualising visualisation as a form of data compression was an interesting thought to me.

Also, he sees his work much more like photo journalism than print journalism: #DataViz is about perspective, zoom...

#RSS2025

I really enjoyed the #DataViz talk by @infobeautiful.bsky.social at @rssedinburgh.bsky.social. Not because the content was new. His talks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg) and books have made the point that the stories lie in contrasting relevant numbers in visually appealing ways.
#RSS2025

But...

The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless

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Busy week, I have not much posted from #RSS2025. This will follow in the next days.

For now, I enjoyed chatting with Robert Grant and am reading his co-authored book "Bayesian #MetaAnalysis" which he kindly gave me a copy of ๐Ÿ™‡
http://www.robertgrantstats.co.uk/bma-book.html

I am always looking combinations of unusual and cross-cutting themes for teaching/ training, so I'll do a parallel read with #MixtureModels in this area: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-68651-4_7

#SysReview #SystematicReview #Bayes

Difficulties deciding which #RapidFire session to attend later at #RSS2025. I feel I have had too much social media exposure to posts from @millerdl , session 10 with modelling seals, capercaillies, aphids... looks surprisingly attractive.

Will probably be session 9 on #RStats, though. #SooooConventional

Thank you to Mona Kanaan (UoYork, UK) for asking me to present in the panel

"From study to target populations: Addressing #ExternalValidity through the lens of Transportability and Generalisability"
(1:50pm, #MedicalStatistics)

I'll present on #MeasurementInvariance ๐Ÿ˜Š

#RSS2025 #Psychometrics

Good morning!

On my way to #Edinburgh to attend #rss2025 for the day. First time, looking forward to meeting (new) people and listening to some interesting talks.

Leaving #Dundee with drizzle and in grey. Expecting more of that in Dรนn Eideann.

Really looking forward to reconnecting with old friends ๐Ÿ‘‹ and meeting new faces ๐Ÿ˜„

Come chat with me about ๐Ÿ’ฌ

- ๐Ÿฅ The Strategy Unit healthcare demand model
- ๐Ÿ’ป open-source coding
- ๐Ÿฉบ NHS-R Community
- ๐ŸŒˆ rainbowR

#RSS2025 #RStats #Statistics #OpenSource #PublicHealth #FOSS

https://www.strategyunitwm.nhs.uk/new-hospital-programme-demand-model

The New Hospital Programme Demand Model

Award-winningAwarded the Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Health and Care Analytics. Recognising analytics that have gone the extra mile in delivering innovative improvements for the UKโ€™s health 

The Strategy Unit