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Four reads for statistics and data

Since getting back into reading while first aptly moving to Reading and joining Stats4SD, one area of literature I am hoping to delve deeper into is the accessible statistical works written by prominent researchers. I have always tended to prioritise reading fiction, but having recently read The...

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Case Studies 10 Technical Pieces 14 Opinion Piece 21 Resource Highlight 3
Opinion Piece Thursday 27th January 2022
Reflections of my PhD research training
Opinion Piece Thursday 23rd December 2021
Stats4SD in 2021: A Review
Technical Pieces Thursday 28th October 2021
Warming Stripes: A problem solving task in R
Opinion Piece Friday 1st October 2021
Research, learning and networks
Technical Pieces Wednesday 1st September 2021
How to get data out of ODK by writing code
Opinion Piece Friday 20th August 2021
Juggling life between motherhood, home schooling and work during the Covid-19 lockdown
Opinion Piece Thursday 24th June 2021
Why statistics in the times of a pandemic?
Opinion Piece Friday 21st May 2021
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Technical Pieces Tuesday 16th March 2021
6 Principles for Data Visualisation
Opinion Piece Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Stories and Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic – CCRP Interviews
Case Studies Monday 15th June 2020
Meeting Together Alone
Case Studies Monday 1st June 2020
Reflections on my Stats4SD Internship as a Remote Developer
Opinion Piece Wednesday 13th May 2020
Hello and stay safe message from Stats4SD
Opinion Piece Wednesday 13th May 2020
Goodbye Zobinou Mawusi “Zed”
Opinion Piece Tuesday 12th May 2020
Learning R: University vs. the Workplace
Case Studies Tuesday 24th March 2020
On sampling and randomness pulled out of the hat
Resource Highlight Friday 6th March 2020
Remembering and measuring data
Case Studies Friday 7th February 2020
Statistical modelling with R: Training Tips on how to keep Participants Engaged
Case Studies Friday 17th January 2020
Moving Science in Practice – What the Statistician Learned About Agroecology
Opinion Piece Tuesday 26th November 2019
The relationship between statistics and sustainable development
Technical Pieces Saturday 26th October 2019
Using photography in research
Opinion Piece Friday 13th September 2019
A beginner’s keynote address
Opinion Piece Thursday 8th August 2019
Healthy Living: The Neglected Miracle Cure
Technical Pieces Monday 15th July 2019
Improve your ODK forms in 6 easy steps
Opinion Piece Sunday 7th April 2019
Beyond academia: lessons from a statistical intern
Opinion Piece Friday 15th March 2019
A list of nice statistical things
Technical Pieces Thursday 17th January 2019
A Problem with a Number of Factors
Opinion Piece Saturday 22nd December 2018
One Statistician’s Musings on our Company Name
Case Studies Monday 19th November 2018
Reflections of my interview experience in the villages of Singida, Tanzania
Opinion Piece Tuesday 4th September 2018
Happy 2nd Birthday to Stats4SD!
Technical Pieces Friday 3rd August 2018
Do the means justify the Ns? Our thoughts on sample sizes
Opinion Piece Wednesday 11th July 2018
Team Remote: Working Together from all over the World
Technical Pieces Monday 25th June 2018
On-Farm Trials to Farmer’s Trials – How Evolving Perspectives Drive Evolving Methods
Case Studies Monday 11th June 2018
Measuring Resilience in Somalia
Technical Pieces Friday 13th April 2018
Beyond ANOVA – the Layers and Loops of Analysis
Technical Pieces Thursday 22nd March 2018
Beyond ANOVA – Big Data and Large-N trials
Case Studies Friday 23rd February 2018
Lessons learnt from a multi-country survey
Case Studies Monday 29th January 2018
An Insight into the World of App Development
Opinion Piece Friday 15th December 2017
Lessons learnt from working remotely in an ever-connected world
Technical Pieces Friday 24th November 2017
Using multiple knowledge sources to manage a mess
Resource Highlight Friday 17th November 2017
Computer Aided Statistics Textbooks
Case Studies Thursday 2nd November 2017
Insect Armageddon: The appalling collapse of insect populations and a collaborative project to help combat it
Technical Pieces Friday 27th October 2017
New Problems - New Designs
Resource Highlight Thursday 19th October 2017
CCAFS Data Management Support Pack
Technical Pieces Friday 13th October 2017
Changing the Data Flow Diagram
Technical Pieces Friday 6th October 2017
Rethinking the Data Flow Diagram
Opinion Piece Thursday 5th October 2017
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