Biostatistician, stats and data science educator focused on integrating computation. Improv enthusiast, juggler, + supporter of rail trails. he/him pronouns
Amherst, MA
Joined May 2011
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Guidelines and Best Practices to Share Deidentified Data and Code #datascience @JStatEd open access paper tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Great news! The DCR agrees to keep Norwottuck rail trail cleared of snow from Northampton to Amherst: many thanks to Rep. @SabadosaMA and Sen. @Jo_Comerford and many other advocates for their efforts
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I'm pleased to announced that the October, 2024 issue of the _Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education_ @jstated is now freely available:
tandfonline.com/toc/ujse21/3…
JSDSE is a 32 year-old open-access journal with no author publication fees
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Webinar: Guidelines and Best Practices to Share Deidentified Data and Code on August 26, 2024 at 4:00 pm ET by Nick Horton (@askdrstats) & Sara Stoudt. Register at: causeweb.org/cause/webinar/j…, Article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… , #statstwitter #epitwitter #datascience @tandfSTEM
Building community through Puzzlepalooza @ArtsMidwest artsmidwest.org/stories/des-…
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Data reproducibility is fundamental to modern research and @JStatEd wants to make it as easy as possible 🔁
The recently published editorial by @askdrstats highlights the best ways to share data and code 💻
Find them here: spr.ly/6014c1W8k
#DataScience #StatsTwitter
The July 2024 issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education is now available at tandfonline.com/toc/ujse21/3…. JSDSE, published by the American Statistical Association and Taylor & Francis, is an open-access journal with no author publication fees.
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Article: "Using Grayscale Photos to Introduce High School Statistics Teachers to Reasoning with Digital Image Data" by Dr. Anna Fergusson (@annafergussonnz) and Dr. Maxine Pfannkuc
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#Statistics #DataScience #teaching @tandfSTEM
The Importance of Good Coding Practices
for Data Scientists #ecots talk + open access paper: nicholasjhorton.github.io/Co…
Invitation to Northampton Bike to Work Week 2024. Bike to Work Week is your excuse for people of any age to get out and ride their bicycle. We encourage you to ride to work, but also attend any of the free events that we have planned throughout the week. nohobikeweek.com/
The April, 2024 issue of the _Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education_ is now available at tandfonline.com/toc/ujse21/3…
JSDSE is a 32 year-old open-access journal with no author publication fees published jointly by the American Statistical Association and Taylor & Francis.
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In one of the most necessary and ambitious infrastructure projects in the institution's history, Amherst College is decarbonizing the campus energy system, a critical element of our Climate Action Plan.
Learn more about what is happening in 2024: bit.ly/3T0z6d2
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Excited about this new report from CNSTAT @theNASEM (which I contributed to!) offering a framework for managing disclosure risks in blended data. It poses thoughtful questions to guide decision-making. Check it out: nap.nationalacademies.org/ca…
#DataPrivacy #PublicPolicy
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Check out “Coding Code: Qualitative Methods for Investigating Data Science Skills” webinar on Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024 at 4:00 - 4:30 pm ET.
The event is free but pre-registration is required: causeweb.org/cause/webinar/j…
#education #teaching #statstwitter #DataScience
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"Cooperative learning in introductory statistics: Assessing students' perceptions, performance, & learning in heterogeneous & homogeneous groups" open access paper Almaz Mesghina, Guanglei Hong & Adelle Durrell
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#statstwitter @tandfSTEM #learning
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📣A second edition of our Introduction to #DataScience is on its way, now split into two books.
After teaching the course this semester, we've made significant improvements. Current drafts are online:
📘Intro: rafalab.dfci.harvard.edu/dsb…
📙Advanced: rafalab.dfci.harvard.edu/dsb…
#rstats
The January, 2024 issue of the _Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education_ is now available at tandfonline.com/toc/ujse21/3… @JStatEd #statistics #statstwitter #datascience
JSDSE is a 32 year-old open-access journal with no author publication fees
Interviews of Notable Statistics and Data Science Educators: open access from @JStatEd (Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education)
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #statstwitter @tandfSTEM #datascience #interviews
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It was "an unlikely combo of data science and the history of #Holyoke, Mass."
In an Amherst statistics class, taught by Professor Nicholas Horton (@askdrstats), students unearthed the data—and the stories—behind the history of the city of Holyoke. bit.ly/49wm1i1
ALT Professor Nicholas Horton speaks to a crowd of people at the Wistariahurst Museum.
"Questions (and Answers) for incorporating Non-Traditional Grading in your Statistics Courses" open access paper in @JStatEd by
Brenna Curley, Jillian Downey, Katherine M. Kinnaird, Adam Loy & Eric Reyes
doi.org/10.1080/26939169.202… @amstatnews #statstwitter @tandfSTEM #grading