ALT: Bart Simpson: What an Odd Thing to Say

For identifying the sets of empirically equivalent models for structural equation models fitted by the 'lavaan' package developed by Rosseel (2012) &lt;<a href="https://doi.org/10.18637%2Fjss.v048.i02" target="_top">doi:10.18637/jss.v048.i02</a>&gt;.

Usually, when we develop software, we know very well how to use it and how it works. This is not true for external users, people who will make mistakes and won't use your software correctly on the fir...

Can generative AI create good data visualisations? This blog post compares the performance of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini when presented with a generic request to visualise a dataset.

In which the author realises she doesn’t know how to write package release posts

Independent audits of published clinical research for statistical errors, data inconsistencies, and research integrity violations.

Alt: Surprised Pikachu Meme

Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...