I’ve been looking for a few interesting data sets for use as teaching examples. I wanted data associated with peer-reviewed publications. It’s a difficult and tedious search, but here are a few promising leads. Continue reading
Author Archives: pmean
Recommended: This is Statistics promotional toolkit
The American Statistical Association is promoting careers in statistics though a new campaign titled “This is Statistics”. They just added some very nice promotional material: one and two page handouts, a PowerPoint presentation (a bit too glitzy, but still very informative), and a set of talking points. The materials emphasize the broad range of areas that statisticians work in, the very strong pay and high demand for statisticians, and the diversity of people who go into Statistics. Continue reading
PMean: My research contributions to patient accrual models
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new biosketch format where they ask you to summarize “up to five of your most significant contributions to science.” Here’s a first draft of my research contributions to patient accrual models. Continue reading
PMean: My research contributions to Evidence Based Medicine
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new biosketch format where they ask you to summarize “up to five of your most significant contributions to science.” Here’s a first draft of my research contributions to Evidence Based Medicine. Continue reading
PMean: A short biography for the person introducing me
I get requests for a short biography from people asked to introduce me. I like to store these on my website so that I can refer to them and update them. Here’s the latest short bio. Continue reading
PMean: Informed consent in a study without human subjects
Dear Professor Mean: Do you need an informed consent form if you are not conducting research on human subjects? Continue reading
PMean: My research contributions to reproductive toxicology
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new biosketch format where they ask you to summarize “up to five of your most significant contributions to science.” Here’s a first draft of my research contributions to reproductive toxicology. Continue reading
PMean: My research contributions to numerical accuracy
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new biosketch format where they ask you to summarize “up to five of your most significant contributions to science.” Here’s a first draft of my research contributions to numerical accuracy. Continue reading
PMean: I am now a number in the ORCID database
Life in the world of research is complicated, but it gets worse when you have a relatively common last name like “Simon.” There are thousands of research publications written by a Simon, and narrowing it down to “Simon S” or even “Simon SD” doesn’t seem to help. So how do you quickly identify all the publications that you have written? One way is to apply for a unique identifier from ORCID, an “open, non-profit, community-based effort to provide a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers.” Continue reading
Recommended: Developing Grant Proposals: Guidelines for Statisticians Collaborating Under Limited Resources
This article provides guidance for developing the “statistical considerations” section of a research grant. I normally do not use that term, and suggest separate sections on statistical methods, sample size justification, data management plan, etc. But that’s a quibble. This is very good practical advice, such as reminding you that you need to write both for the statistical reviewer and the non-statistician who is also reviewing the proposal. Continue reading