iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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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 · 16/09/2026

... but that's not what people (typically) use it for.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 16/09/2026

For the record I wouldn't say it should 'never' be used, but people tend to use it to control their error rate, but then follow up with F-tests which don't control their error rate! MANOVA/DFA type analysis can be useful for discriminating groups based on linear combinations of variables ...

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 13/09/2026

Rand Wilcox has lots of papers showing that with skew/kurtosis N needs to be much larger than 30 for CLT to kick in (also see Frank’s reply above). Wilcox’s robust stats book summarises his work.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 10/09/2026

Of course I approve!! You’re in for a treat. the setlist is fantastic. Where are you seeing them?

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

No problem at all - thanks for correcting!

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

I am NOT the editor of animal behaviour!

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

Gig dashboard: With this dashboard you can view information about every gig/concert I have ever attended (more or less). Not sure why you'd want to but fill your boots ... milton-the-cat.rocks/gig_dashboard/

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Gig Dashboard

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

Sampling the linear model: An app to explore how sample size and sampling error affect estimates of population parameters in a one-predictor linear model (e.g., simple regression). milton-the-cat.rocks/lm_sampling/

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Sampling

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

CI explorer: An app to demonstrate what a confidence interval represents using the mean. You can vary the population parameter, its standard deviation, the sample size and width of interval then simulate the resulting confidence intervals milton-the-cat.rocks/ci_explorer/

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

winR: This app is designed to help learners explore the idea of empirical probability by trying to find out the true win probability of the Atlanta hawks by 'sampling' data across a run of games using a win/loss (binomial) model. milton-the-cat.rocks/winr/

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Atlanta Hawks Results Simulator

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 02/09/2026

soccR: This app allows students to explore how we model relationships between variables using data from the 2018-19 English Premier League seasons. milton-the-cat.rocks/soccr/

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EPL Match statistics 2018-19

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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

This playlist is fucking exceptional BTW.

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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🥹

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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 · 08/08/2026

I would advocate for an origin story on Jason. There are so many layers to it: individual, institutional and also around incentive structures in science generally. In fact, scientific reform could be its own episode … or two.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/07/2026

Hammersmith Odeon, London, 1986.

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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 · 23/06/2026

Sorry to hear this. Same at Sussex.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 23/06/2026

Tl:dr So, for me, mixed feelings- disappointment after travelling from Uk not to see the whole set, but also feel like I saw some really special renditions of some of my favourite maiden songs. Ps la defense arena needs back up generators!

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 23/06/2026

3. I hope they don’t abandon the recordings as these renditions were awesome and they have enough footage from other shows to complete the package.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 23/06/2026

2. Weird night but honestly the band and crowd were so fired up after the break that mariner was savage … maybe the best I’ve ever heard it, real fire in the belly stuff. The entire second half was magnificent.

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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

I’m a bit scared to count but I’d say between 50 and 100. It’s a long standing joke with my wife that every birthday and Xmas she asks what present I want, I reply ‘an iron maiden t-shirt’, and she buys me one, sometimes two!

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/06/2026

Haven’t seen Alice in a while but he’s always great fun. I need to visit Denmark .. never been unfortunately.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/06/2026

Amsterdam - gave a talk while I was there, but not at the actual gig.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/06/2026

Hot take: they should have put prodigal son in the set as a sort of ‘revelations’ moment. I think it would really suit Dickinson.

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 17/06/2026

Probably because of seeing the tour last week, I’m really into killers right now, but coming out of a few week phase of AMOLAD

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 14/06/2026

I saw them a few times back in the day and really liked Le Fol and the Eponymous album at the time. Youngblood left me a bit cold though and I lost interest … sounds like I should regain interest!

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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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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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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 27/05/2026

My interpretation of what I've been told is that amazon US ran out of stock, so the dates will update when they get new stock. There was also something about amazon often using print on demand vendors, which haven't been set up yet. tl;dr: Going direct to SAGE seems wise if you want it soon!

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