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Sharing - Code v Functions
R
Visualisations
Likert
ggplot
(Lengthy) readable code. Efficient functions comprised of the minimum number of characters necessary. An age old battle in programming.
Nov 19, 2024
Dr Matt Cooper and Zac Dempsey
Visualisations for (ordinal) Likert scale data
R
Visualisations
Likert
ggplot
Likert scale variables (and hence data) are widely utilised in research—they are useful for getting participants to rate things, or to provide an average quantity as a…
Oct 14, 2024
Dr Matt Cooper and Zac Dempsey
Small-sample analysis
Small Samples
R
The sample size in research projects is often limited by practical constraints e.g. cost of equipment, logistics of animal breeding and management, or the (low) prevalence…
Sep 10, 2024
Dr Bethy McKinnon, Dr Matt Cooper
AI in Biostatistics - Part 2
AI
R
If you haven’t read part one of this two-part series on AI, do that first here:
Aug 9, 2024
Wesley Billingham, Dr Matthew Cooper
AI in Biostatistics - Part 1
AI
R
AI is a hot topic in most fields right now, and biostatistics is no exception! We (the Telethon Kids Institute biostats team) were asked to present at the weekly Institute…
Aug 8, 2024
Wesley Billingham, Dr Matthew Cooper
Analysing pre-post data
Pre-post
Mixed Models
R
Pre-post designs are in use everywhere we look. Before and after treatment, e.g. in a randomised clinical trial, might be the example that most readily comes to mind for…
Jul 22, 2024
Dr Matthew Cooper
Data Anonymiser
Shiny
R
Data access and security is a really important topic and one that can be challenging to navigate. Research ethics and governance approvals typically require detail about…
Jul 19, 2024
Dr Matthew Cooper, Wesley Billingham
Parallel Computing in R
R
Parallel
While most of the datasets we work with are of a manageable size here at the Telethon Kids Institute, occasionally we are presented with data containing
millions
of rows…
Jul 1, 2024
Zac Dempsey
Handling Missing Data with LMER
Missing Data
Mixed Models
R
As consultant statisticians, we are often approached by people who have already carried out some preliminary data analysis and who are now looking to move onto something…
Jun 7, 2024
Dr Matthew Cooper
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