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Prof Andy Field

@profandyfield.com
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The stats book guy. Metal fan masquerading as Prof of Quantitative Methods. Learn R with the discovr package. (discovr.rocks/discovr).

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Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai @natthapoj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Andy Field Award, a brand-new age category of our Young Mathematical Story Authors (YMSA) competition for learners aged 16–19 globally. Named in honour of Professor Andy Field. Read more at www.mathsthroughstories.org/news/the-you...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 22/09/2026
@impq.bsky.social at Judas Priest last night I saw at least a dozen doppelgangers of @kirkie.bsky.social including one on the stage.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026
Final phase of reorganising my various websites was to strip all of the non-shiny app content from milton-the-cat.rocks so that it now hosts only my shiny apps. There's not many, but it has the following delights:
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Shiny Apps – Milton rocks
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 27/08/2026
@impq.bsky.social because I don't use any of the streaming platforms that you do, I have recreated your playlist on qobuz - hope that's Ok: open.qobuz.com/playlist/692...
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Open Qobuz
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Darren Hayman @darrenhayman.bandcamp.com · 21/08/2026
‘Amazing Things’ is a year old tomorrow If you missed it, here’s @zarahedderman.bsky.social’s wonderful review for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi... @wiaiwya.bsky.social
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Darren Hayman and his Electric Guitars – Amazing Things | The Quietus
The former Hefner singer delivers a beautiful work of mourning, backed by massed electric guitars
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 20/08/2026
One of my masters students just gave me this as a thank you for supervising. What an awesome gift! I’m a little emotional right now🥹
An iron maiden themed monopoly game. The box displays the band’s zombie mascot ‘Eddie’ in various guises. The top of the I age shows the monopoly logo- white text against a red background.
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Jenny Terry @jennyterry.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Welcome to the Jangle (Fallacy): The Case of Statistics and Mathematics Anxieties, with Charlie Lea and @profandyfield.com, is out now in the British Journal of Educational Psychology (open access): bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #StatsEd #MathsEd
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<em>British Journal of Educational Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Background Statistics-related anxiety is a common barrier to learning in higher education, particularly for psychology and other non-specialist students. High prevalence rates are concerning because...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 14/07/2026
New video: mediation in R youtu.be/xquhwrKLifo with a lovely AI-andy thumbnail that makes me look weird(er)
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Mediation Analysis Using R
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 12/07/2026
Lovely day at eddfest yesterday. My final maiden gig for a while. True to the absent minded prof trope, I managed to be unaware of the @impq.bsky.social Meetup, but bumped into them anyway. A marvellous surprise!
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 25/06/2026
Want to learn JASP? My colleagues (@ejwagenmakers.bsky.social) at UVA are running workshops in August: jasp-stats.org/2026/02/03/h...
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Hybrid Workshop "Discovering Statistics Using JASP", August 24th, 2026 - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
We are happy to announce that the JASP team will offer a week of workshops in Amsterdam this summer.  In this blogpost we’ll highlight the first of four workshops: “Discovering Statistics Using JASP“....
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 23/06/2026
Lots of negative reporting around Maidens Paris show, which had no encores because of an earlier power cut. My take: 1. Gutting, but the right decision to skip encores because Mariner/7th son probably won’t get played beyond this tour but aces high/FOTD and wasted years probably will.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 22/06/2026
Tonight, for the second time in my life, I’ve been at an iron maiden show where the venue power completely blows mid-set.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/06/2026
New R video: creating variables using mutate(). youtu.be/sFMgBTt81ZY
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Creating variables using mutate()
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 16/06/2026
New video: importing CSVs files into R: youtu.be/xFrjt_qhrIs
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Getting data into R
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 13/06/2026
The press want you to believe there are violent protests in Brighton today. Counter protesters outnumbered the Fascists by many thousands. We sang, danced, and waved inflatable bananas and hearts in the name of tolerance and diversity. Fascists not welcome in Brighton.
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easystats @easystats.github.io · 11/06/2026
A truly great book! And we’re not just saying that because our #easystats packages are in it. Although, of course, that’s (a small) part of the reason why the book is so great. 😎
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 10/06/2026
Giving a talk at Uni of Amsterdam (@ejwagenmakers.bsky.social) today: Statistical Practice in Psychology: The Numbers of the Beast based largely on @martinasladek.bsky.social brilliant PHD work. profandyfield.github.io/presentation...
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Statistical Practice in Psychology: The Numbers of the Beast
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 04/06/2026
Using functions in R and the pipe operator: youtu.be/FRr5kdX-3x0?...
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Using functions in R and the pipe operator
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Woohoo. Finally arrived. Excited to get into it. The plan is to support students using either R or SPSS in my future course. Also: text author @profandyfield.com is on here!
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 28/05/2026
Fun times at the University of Sussex today where we all received an email at the end of the working day to tell us whether our jobs fall into the ‘at risk’ category. University of Sussex plans to cut 200 jobs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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University of Sussex aims to cut 200 jobs in £35m annual savings drive
Trade union Unison says the cuts will only heap "strain and uncertainty" on the staff who remain.
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Colin Madland 🇨🇦 @cmad.land · 27/05/2026
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Bald, bearded dude holding his brand new copy of ‘discovering Statistics using R and RStudio’ by Andy Field
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Steffi @guerillagirl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Thanks for explaining R in a way that actually sticks 🤘 @profandyfield.com
Screenshot from an educational R programming video by Andy Field. The slide is titled "Creating objects" and shows the R code iron_maiden <- c("Adrian", "Dave", "Bruce", "Steve", "Nick", "Janick") with three annotated labels: "Created object" pointing to iron_maiden, "Assignment operator" pointing to <-, and "Instructions: How to create the object" pointing to the c() function and its arguments
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 21/05/2026
There's also `creating objects in R`, but that one doesn't involve cake and I look really misreable in the thumbnail. youtu.be/i894fWOkmEw
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Creating objects in R
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 21/05/2026
Today's offering .... what is a function? youtu.be/mM0fbog7zC8
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What is ... a function?
YouTube video by Discover Statistics
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 20/05/2026
As already mentioned, I'm re-vampiong my youtube channel. Just dropped the first few R videos. I'll be doing SPSS and R throughout the rest of the year if all goes to plan. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Discover Statistics Using R and RStudio - YouTube
Tutorials showing how to fit statistical models using R. Accompanies my book Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/dis...
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Wolfgang Viechtbauer @wviechtb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Speaking of crazy d values, this reminds me of this feature I was thinking about adding to the forest() function in metafor. #Rstats #MetaAnalysis
A forest plot showing emojis in place of the points.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 06/05/2026
Mini 'what is mediation' video just released. I'm trying to decouple the 'what is it' from the 'how to do it' so that I can do different software run throughs without having to repeat myself on 'what is it'. We'll see if that works. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Discover Statistics Theory - YouTube
A playlist of videos that explain aspects of statistical theory to accompany the corresponding playlists that demonstrate how to condust analyses in IBM SPSS...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 06/05/2026
Updated videos on Mediation in SPSS have just dropped: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Discover Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics - YouTube
This playlist contains tutorials for fitting statistical models using IBM SPSS Statistics. They cover some of the material in my textbook Discovering Statist...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 30/04/2026
I've given my youtube channel a rebrand - I'm updating a lot of the SPSS videos and adding new stuff while I'm at it. The aim is to add stuff throughout the rest of the year. Send your students there! www.youtube.com/@ProfAndyField
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Discover Statistics
Videos to accompany my various textbooks about statistics, R and IBM SPSS Statistics.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/03/2026
Quick update on the update: my companion website is now complete! (Also, fYI @sagepub.com)
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/03/2026
I’m considering whether I could set this up as required reading for students to gain access to my module canvas sites. Such a great summary of important issues.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 06/03/2026
I've just made live the updated website that accompanies my R book (www.discovr.rocks) - it's mostly finished: almost all of the chapter solutions/task solutions are done, data are live, updated info about the `discovr` package of interactive tutorials, and it's had a face lift.
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discovr
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 05/03/2026
Publication date looms ever closer ... physical copies exist (at the @sagepub.com London office, I await my own copy with excitement).
A wooden table with two books stacked on top of each other. The bottom book is the hardback edition of Discovering Statistiocs using R and RStudio by Andy Field, on top of it is the paperback edition. the hardback has a blue cover with plain text, the paperback has a he§xagonal pattern and a graphic-novel style female space pirate weirlding a futuristic gun out of which smoke forms the capital letter R.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 28/02/2026
Very different to last weekend’s musical experience but Courtney Marie Andrews was amazing in Brighton tonight. Great setlist too!❤️
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 26/02/2026
Interested in finding out more about @jaspstats.bsky.social? The Psych Methods Group at the University of Amsterdam is running four hands-on workshops (in person or online) this summer (@ejwagenmakers.bsky.social, @fbartos.bsky.social). More information at jasp-stats.org/workshops/ but to sum up:
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Workshops - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
The JASP team is excited to support four workshops this year (2026). Each of these workshops can be attended either in person (at the University of Amsterdam) or online: On Monday August 24th, we orga...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 21/02/2026
Incredible show tonight by my guitar hero❤️
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Sage @sagepub.com · 20/02/2026
This month is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, and we’re sharing a hub of resources that highlight LGBTQIA+ research – featuring valuable insights on topics like sexual orientation, queer theory, and more. Read and explore now: ow.ly/xoIn50Yi54P
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Jenny Terry @jennyterry.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Two preprints from my PhD are now up! Both ask: is the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS) is measuring something distinct from the Revised Mathematics Anxiety Scale (R-MARS), or is this a jangle fallacy? Study 1: osf.io/preprints/ps... Study 2: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/02/2026
New paper with the brilliant @martinasladek.bsky.social on analytic practices when using the general linear model royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Sources of bias in general linear models: evaluating the analytic practice in psychological research
Abstract. Unbiased estimation and hypothesis testing in general linear models (GLMs) require several conditions to be met, such as adherence to statistical
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 06/02/2026
In preparation for the imminent publication of the new edition of my R textbook, the updated interactive tutorials are now available on CRAN. I did a massive re-write last summer, road tested them in my teaching last term, and I’m pretty happy with them. For now. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
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discovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio"
Interactive 'R' tutorials and datasets for the textbook Field (2026), "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio", &lt;<a href="https://www.discovr.rocks/" target="_top">https://www.discovr.rocks/</a...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 16/01/2026
@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 16/01/2026
Et tu, Brute?
web banner announcing that an AI assistant will be added to RStudio.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 09/01/2026
high on my list would be travelling from one side of London to the other at 8am to buy concert tickets from the venue box office, with cash, when they went on sale and still having change from £10.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 11/12/2025
Reading proofs …. The R book is imminent!
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Louise Reeve @louisereeve1.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
From @profandyfield.com - It's #Halloween, so time for a song featuring dancing #skeletons and #statistics... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHR3...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 20/09/2025
RIP UK higher education.
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/09/2025
Stupidly excited to get my copy of this … thanks @darrenhayman.bsky.social
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/09/2025
All sign this please @hopenothate.org.uk secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/178037/...
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/09/2025
Just uploaded the updated `discovr_18` R tutorial, which it turns out I did months ago and just needed some tweaks (hooray). Covers contingency tables and chi-square stuff. Changed to match the chapter of the forthcoming textbook. github.com/profandyfiel...
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GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 16/09/2025
While re-writing my R tutorials I removed the Bayes material from individual tutorials, rewrote it, and collected it in its own home. Just pushed the resulting tutorial `discovr_bayes` to github, it's a gentle intro to Bayesian estimation using rstanarm. github.com/profandyfiel...
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GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
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