Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Like…really? Try and comprehend the amount of busywork nationwide that this, uh, whatever the F you want to call it, just introduced. In every sector. That last proposal you wrote where you mentioned AI 149 times? Nope. That website you just built talking about your company’s new AI tools? Nope. 🤬 121 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Ok, these stats are absolutely devastating. Is anyone home in the Tigers front office, which is supposedly driven by analytics? 🙄 000 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 29/07/2026We are thrilled to have @vincentab.bsky.social back on campus for today’s PDHP workshop on interpreting statistical models in R. Please visit pdhp.isr.umich.edu for more details on this workshop and other upcoming events! 0152 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I’ll be teaching a two half-day short course this summer with the @umisr.bsky.social Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques on how to carry out interventions in a responsive survey design framework. The course is 100% online. Please join us if you are interested! 030 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I like numbers. I like basketball. These basketball numbers are bad, and suggest that some Pistons starters should not be starting. 000 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Absolutely bonkers run. And no signs whatsoever that any of it is a fluke. #HAIL 050 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Heads up! If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in survey and data science (read: all things quantitative social science) at the University of Michigan, please check out these upcoming info sessions! 084 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Chat GPT tells me that what happened in the Michigan football game today has never happened before (Div. 1, playing on road, 5 turnovers, 2 missed field goals, still win): 050 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Finally, John Finamore discusses the fundamental responsibilities of the U.S. federal statistical system and the ways that Don had an impact on all of these. #JSM2025 120 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Next, Leah Christian from NORC talks about the evolution of Don’s amazing books! What a collection of knowledge that has shaped survey research practices for decades. #JSM2025 110 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Next up, David Johnson gives a presentation on behalf of Connie Citro (joining us by Zoom!) about Don’s contributions to CNSTAT and federal statistics more generally. #JSM2025 130 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 03/08/2025@olsonkm.bsky.social kicks off our session celebrating Don Dillman at #JSM2025 with a discussion of Don’s contributions to survey methodology. Thanks to @statstas.datascience.blue for setting this up! 💯 2131 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 19/07/2025ESRA talk from this past week, or famous work of art? 🤔😂 172 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Excited for today’s workshop sponsored by our Population Dynamics and Health Program (PDHP), focused on the use of LLMs for social science research. Thanks to Indira Sen from the U. of Mannheim for presenting, and thanks to NIH (NICHD) for their support of PDHP. Visit pdhp.isr.umich.edu for details! 083 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Even more evidence at AAPOR, this time from all over Europe, to pump the brakes on silicone (or synthetic) sampling. Yeesh. 151 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025@rnishimura.bsky.social should give *all the presentations*. Such a gifted and engaging speaker. And a great message to AAPOR about the potential effects of measurement error in key weighting variables being used for nonresponse adjustment! 1143 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Great news for the U-M Biostatistics department! Truly remarkable people everywhere you look. 💯 041 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This beast just showed up on the doorstep today. Available April 15th, with an all-new website coming as well! 🤓 www.routledge.com/Applied-Surv... 2529 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 13/03/2025We are thrilled to have Dr. Peter Lynn from the University of Essex and @usociety.bsky.social presenting today’s NIMLAS workshop on state-of-the-art design and analysis strategies for addressing attrition in longitudinal studies. Please visit nimlas.isr.umich.edu for materials and the recording! 051 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 14/01/2025So happy that this book finally came! Can’t wait to dig in. 1170 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Thank you, @mgoblog.bsky.social and @mgoseth.bsky.social, for a gift that stands out among all other gifts. 💯 Cannot wait to enjoy this for the next several years! 010 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 10/12/2024A wonderful NIMLAS pre-plenary dinner tonight at Aventura in Ann Arbor with some wonderful NIMLAS members. We look forward to a day filled with the latest and greatest in methods for longitudinal studies of aging at the NIMLAS plenary tomorrow! Please visit nimlas.isr.umich.edu for details. 162 0
Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Better score alert, middle school basketball RIVALRY edition. 😤 010 0