In a new study, Adults who microdose psychedelics report health related motivations and lower levels of anxiety and depression compared to non‐microdosers, a team of researchers conclude that microdosers, i.e., people who use psychedelic substances at sub‐sensorium ‘microdoses’, exhibit lower levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. The study relies on self-reported, observational data. As this […]
Category: statistics
Ten great R functions #2
This is a follow-up post to my previous post on great R functions. I use some of these functions a lot while a few of the functions have been very helpful at least once. 11. dplyr::coalesce() I have been working with data where two columns have the relevant data that needed to be in one […]
Correlation and causation with Friends
There has been a lot of talk about the TV show Friends in 2021, especially related to the reunion of the cast. I have written about the show before (in Danish), and while it is not a show that I am going to watch again anytime soon, there are a few scenes that might be […]
The reliability of flight emission calculators
You cannot go on a flight without increasing your personal carbon footprint. But how much are you – on average – increasing your carbon footprint when you fly from, say, London to New York? And how much do you need to pay in order to offset your flight? Luckily, there are popular state-of-the-art carbon calculators […]
Potpourri: Statistics #79
1071. Bayes Rules! An Introduction to Bayesian Modeling with R 1072. A friendly introduction to machine learning compilers and optimizers 1073. A History of Polar Area / Coxcomb / Rose charts & how to make them in R’s ggplot2 1074. A Dataset of Cryptic Crossword Clues 1075. Survival Analysis: Part I: Basic concepts and first […]